Log Cabin, Four Horses

Artist Oscar Edmund Berninghaus (American, 1874 - 1952)

Mediumoil on hardboard

Dimensions16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Frame: 20 × 24 × 1 1/2 inches (50.8 × 61 × 3.8 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number31.24.34

ClassificationsPaintings

DescriptionHorizontal oil painting depicting a low log cabin with four horses tied to hitching or fence posts outside. The yellow yard around the cabin gives way to a green plain behind and low dark mountains against a blue sky in the background.

Label TextThe humble log cabin in this painting stands as an outpost, a modest home in a bare landscape. The saddled horses at the hitching posts indicate that the riders are inside. Are they travelers seeking hospitality? Or is this a bunkhouse for several cowboys who will emerge to work? The artist set the scene, leaving the story to the viewer.

ProvenanceArtist; by inheritance to his wife Winifred Berninghaus, Taos, New Mexico; purchased October 22, 1953 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

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