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The Scarlet Blanket
The Scarlet Blanket
The Scarlet Blanket

The Scarlet Blanket

Artist (American, 1858 - 1930)
Date1917
Mediumoil on canvas board
Dimensions20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Frame: 28 1/4 × 24 1/4 × 1 3/8 inches (71.8 × 61.6 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LinePurchase of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 2013
Object number2013.1.1
ClassificationsPaintings
DescriptionPortrait of a Tesuque Indian.
Label TextRolshoven’s title, The Scarlet Blanket, calls attention to the vibrant color of the blanket this Indian man wears. This portrait gives a sense of the sitter’s personality. Yet, the artist does not give the subject’s name. Rolshoven, a member of the Taos Society of Artists, painted this work more as a romantic ideal than as an accurate description of the sitter.
ProvenancePurchased c. 1920 by Private Collector; bequeathed to Private Collector; purchased by (Robert L. Parsons Fine Art); purchased June 3, 2013 by the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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