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Romaldita

Artist (American, 1878 - 1936)
Datec. 1922
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions30 × 25 inches (76.2 × 63.5 cm)
Frame: 35 1/8 × 30 1/4 × 3 inches (89.2 × 76.8 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Nelda C. Stark, 1999
Object number31.21.401
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextOn loan to "William Herbert 'Buck' Dunton (1878-1936): A Mainer Goes West" at the Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona (June 17, 2023 - June 30, 2024) Women often seem to be marginalized in Western art. Yet Dunton created strong images of women as in this painting of a model that he titled Romaldita. This mounted woman is glamorous yet conveys mastery of her world. She wears up-to-date attire of fashionable knitted hat and hip-length sweater as she rides horseback. She indicates the presence of the modern New Woman in the American desert West.
ProvenanceNelda C. Stark [1909-1999]; bequeathed December 13, 1999 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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