To the Christmas Fiesta
Artist
Leon Gaspard
(American, 1882 - 1964)
Date1953-1956
Mediumgouache on paper mounted on paperboard
Dimensions24 1/4 × 36 inches (61.6 × 91.4 cm)
Frame: 30 3/4 × 42 3/4 × 2 3/4 inches (78.1 × 108.6 × 7 cm)
Frame: 30 3/4 × 42 3/4 × 2 3/4 inches (78.1 × 108.6 × 7 cm)
Credit LinePartial Bequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965 and Partial Gift of Nelda C. Stark, 1975
Object number31.26.6
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextIn this painting Gaspard shows Apaches traveling to Christmas dances at Taos, New Mexico. His bright color scheme and lively composition add vibrancy to the depiction. When Gaspard created this piece, visitors commonly arrived at the fiesta in automobiles. Showing travel by horseback and wagons, the artist places the scene in a romantic past.
ProvenanceArtist; purchased January 28, 1957 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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