Ranch Hand's Cabin

Artist Oscar Edmund Berninghaus (American, 1874 - 1952)

Date1948

Mediumoil on canvas board

Dimensions15 7/8 x 20 inches (40.3 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 number31.24.37

ClassificationsPaintings

Label TextBerninghaus depicted a rough-hewn log cabin where working cowboys lived. The glowing light shines through the windows and makes the cabin seem a warm contrast to the snowy environment. Three saddled horses wait patiently outside the cabin for their riders to re-emerge.

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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