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Copyright 2015 Don Russell
Anthony Neuluis and Tarna Rena, Mesquite, Texas
Copyright 2015 Don Russell
Copyright 2015 Don Russell

Anthony Neuluis and Tarna Rena, Mesquite, Texas

Artist (American, born 1953)
Date2015, printed 2018
Mediumdigital inkjet color print on paper
Dimensions22 × 17 inches (55.9 × 43.2 cm)
Image: 13 × 13 inches (33 × 33 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Artist, 2018
Object number2018.6.2
ClassificationsPhotographs
Label TextFor his Cowboys of Color series, Don Russell made a double portrait of Anthony Neuluis and Tarna Rena. He presents them as a couple, in a pose riding double on a horse. The pose signals a romantic relationship as Anthony Neuluis envelopes Tarna Rena in his arms. They look toward the viewer with expressions of quiet pride and flirtatious energy. Tarna Rena is in the saddle with her feet in the stirrups. She is the rider who would control the horse if they were actually on a horseback ride. Connect with W.H. Dunton’s Side by Side, They Rode Off into the Desert Sunset and But Now He Preferred to Go Slowly, and He Was Talking at His Fluent Best.
ProvenanceArtist; gifted October 10, 2018 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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