San Geronimo Fiesta
Artist
Leon Gaspard
(American, 1882 - 1964)
Date1956
Mediumgouache on paperboard
Dimensions24 1/4 × 36 1/4 inches (61.6 × 92.1 cm)
Frame: 32 1/2 × 44 1/4 × 2 1/2 inches (82.6 × 112.4 × 6.4 cm)
Frame: 32 1/2 × 44 1/4 × 2 1/2 inches (82.6 × 112.4 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LinePartial Bequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965 and Partial Gift of Nelda C. Stark, 1975
Object number31.26.14
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextGaspard depicts Taos Pueblo on San Geronimo Feast day in this work. This day occurs annually on September 30. It combines religious significance and social aspects. Gaspard emphasizes the social gatherings that are part of the event. The central figures wear feathered headdresses associated with Plains Indians while the man in the front at right wears a hat typical of the Apache. People from various tribal nations came together at such fiestas and exchanged customs and ideas.
ProvenancePurchased August 20, 1956 through (Jane Hiatt, La Fonda Art Gallery, Taos, New Mexico) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; ½ interest bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation [1]; remaining ½ interest gifted December 5, 1975 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation by Nelda C. Stark [1909-1999]; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
| 1. Owned jointly by H.J. Lutcher Stark and Nelda C. Stark until his death at which point his ½ interest was bequeathed to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation.
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