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Guide to Ourselves and Taos Neighbors
Guide to Ourselves and Taos Neighbors
Guide to Ourselves and Taos Neighbors

Guide to Ourselves and Taos Neighbors

Artist (American, 1874 - 1960)
Date1957
Mediumpen and ink on paper
Dimensions8 x 10 3/4 inches (20.3 x 27.3 cm)
Frame: 18 1/4 × 13 × 1/2 inches (46.4 × 33 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LinePartial Bequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965 and Partial Gift of Nelda C. Stark, 1973
Object number31.30.12.B
ClassificationsPaper
DescriptionGuide is two pieces of paper and contains details about the history of the Society of Taos Artists and the artists detailed, as well as a key identifying each artist in the associated painting.
Label TextBlumenschein knew that viewers of his painting would want to identify the people in the portraits. He handwrote these two guides. One sheet gives a written description with some history of the Taos art colony. The second sheet is a graphic “key” identifying the figures. “Blumy” recommended hanging the guides by the painting, just as they were. He did not want the guides printed. He wrote, “This sloppy writing rather adds to the intimacy and charm of my picture.” What more would we like to know about the people in his Taos circle?
ProvenanceArtist; purchased November 1, 1957 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 June 15, 1973 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.
On View
Not on view
Ourselves and Taos Neighbors
Ernest Leonard Blumenschein
c. 1940
Stringing the Bow
Ernest Martin Hennings
plate made c. 1925, printed 1991, posthumously
The Twins
Ernest Martin Hennings
plate made c. 1923, printed 1991, posthumously
Watching the Ceremony
Ernest Martin Hennings
plate made c. 1925, printed 1991, posthumously
Jewelry Box
Zuni Pueblo
Desk
Andy Anderson
c. 1950
Indian Boy in Blue
Nicolai Fechin
c. 1927-1933
Green Aspen
Ernest Leonard Blumenschein
1935
The Extraordinary Affray
Ernest Leonard Blumenschein
1926
Landscape with Blue Hills
Ernest Leonard Blumenschein
Street Scene
Ernest Leonard Blumenschein
1915
Plasterers of Taos
Ernest Leonard Blumenschein
1932