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To the Taos Christmas Dance
To the Taos Christmas Dance
To the Taos Christmas Dance

To the Taos Christmas Dance

Artist (American, 1882 - 1964)
Date1954
Mediumgouache on canvas mounted on paperboard attached to wooden frame
Dimensions24 3/8 x 32 3/8 inches (61.9 x 82.2 cm)
Frame: 33 1/2 × 41 1/2 × 2 3/4 inches (85.1 × 105.4 × 7 cm)
Credit LinePartial Bequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965 and Partial Gift of Nelda C. Stark, 1975
Object number31.26.12
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextGaspard depicted Apaches going to Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. The title and the winter landscape set the time at Christmas. The artist’s bright color scheme and lively composition add vibrancy to the depiction. When Gaspard created this piece, visitors commonly came to Taos in automobiles. Showing travel by horseback and wagons, the artist placed the scene in a romantic past.
ProvenanceArtist; purchased November 16, 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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