House in the Desert

Artist Nicolai Fechin (Russian (active in the United States), 1881 - 1955)

Date1927

Mediumoil on canvas mounted on hardboard

Dimensions14 3/8 x 19 7/8 inches (36.5 x 50.5 cm)
Frame: 18 1/4 × 24 × 2 inches (46.4 × 61 × 5.1 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number31.28.21

ClassificationsPaintings

DescriptionHorizontal oil painting depicting an adobe house which blends into the desert landscape around it. To the left of the house is a bright red tree.

ProvenanceArtist. his wife Alexandra Fechin [Alexandra Belkovitch, c. 1896-1983], Taos, New Mexico [1]; purchased December 21, 1959 through (Jane Hiatt, The Village Gallery, Taos, New Mexico) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art | 1. Nicolai and Alexandra were divorced in 1933.

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