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At Leisure

Artist Ernest Martin Hennings (American, 1886 - 1956)

Dateprior to 1939

Mediumoil on canvas mounted on fiberboard

Dimensions14 × 12 inches (35.6 × 30.5 cm)
Frame: 18 1/2 × 16 1/2 × 1 inches (47 × 41.9 × 2.5 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number31.32.57

ClassificationsPaintings

Label TextHennings’s model projects an Indian who is both traditional and modern. He has the wrapped braids and a white blanket of his Native heritage. Yet his bright coral shirt is manufactured and is set off by a necktie. He is smoking, but it is a modern cigarette, not an historic pipe. His gesture indicates a time of relaxation. The artist may have been inspired by Western paintings he had seen of cowboys resting in their saddles with cigarettes.

ProvenanceNita Hill Stark [1890-1939] and H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965][1]; by inheritance to her husband H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965][2]; by inheritance to his wife Nelda 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 | 1. See appraisal report of H.J. Lutcher Stark and Estate of Nita Hill Stark. Nita had a 50% equity in the property. | 2. Appraisal Report of H. J. Luther Stark and Estate of Nita Hill Stark, Orange, Texas, October 11, 1939. Listings of the Second Floor Living Room, Page C003654, listed as "At Leisure."

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