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Mountain Mother

Artist William Herbert Dunton (American, 1878 - 1936)

Datec. 1932

Mediumoil on canvas

Dimensions60 × 50 inches (152.4 × 127 cm)
Frame: 69 1/8 × 59 1/8 × 3 1/4 inches (175.6 × 150.2 × 8.3 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Nelda C. Stark, 1999

Object number31.21.410

ClassificationsPaintings

DescriptionVertical oil painting depicting a mother bear and two cubs in the foreground of a rocky landscape with low scrubby bushes and patches of snow. Bushy pine trees grow in the rocks in the background.

ProvenancePurchased February 21, 1940 through (Joseph Sartor, Joseph Sartor Galleries, Dallas, Texas) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; by inheritance to his wife Nelda C. Stark [1909-1999]; bequeathed December 13, 1999 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation [1]; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art | 1. Transferred August 31, 2005 from Nelda C. Stark Estate to Nelda C. and H.J Lutcher Stark Foundation in accordance with residuary clause (Article III, Section M) of the Will of Nelda C. Stark

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