Buffalo by a River

Mediumoil on paperboard

Dimensions12 1/4 x 18 5/8 inches (31.1 x 47.3 cm)
Frame: 18 1/2 × 24 3/4 × 2 1/2 inches (47 × 62.9 × 6.4 cm)

Credit LinePurchase of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 1984

Object number31.215.1

ClassificationsPaintings

Label TextShindler faced the challenge of depicting the broad, flat prairie lands of the West. He painted from a viewpoint looking down on the landscape. The luminous, life-giving river bisects diagonally the vast landscape. In the lower right of the painting, Shindler showed buffalo rolling on the ground. Buffalo roll for several reasons. The action may provide relief from insects. It could also help shed winter fur. The rolling creates depressions in the ground called “buffalo wallows.”

ProvenanceDenver Public Library, Denver, Colorado; Gerald P. Peters, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Griffith Collection, Dallas, Texas; purchased March 20, 1984 through (Peters Corporation, Santa Fe, New Mexico) by Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art

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