Images(5)

Painting

Object number2023.36.6 a,b

Artist Nat Youngblood (1916 - 2009)

MediumWatercolor paint; Paper; Graphite; Linen tape

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey J. Goldstein

DescriptionTwo watercolor painting studies depicting a similar scene. Both are on rectangular off-white paper. Each painting depicts a group of people traveling over land using pack animals including horses and a bull. The larger, more detailed study show children and infants are riding on the horses, a man on the viewer's right carries weapons including a firearm, and the woman to his right carries a wheel(?). The landscapes are bleak with trees in the background. White margins surround the painted areas. Reverse of each painting is brown and gray and are undecorated.DimensionsHeight x Width (a): 8.5 x 12.625 in. (21.6 x 32.1 cm)
Height x Width (b): 2.875 x 4.938 in. (7.3 x 12.5 cm)
Signed(a) Artist signature in pencil in the viewer's bottom left corner of the painting "Nat Youngblood".
Historical NotesPart of a collection of watercolors from Nat Youngblood's Pioneer series. The smaller study (Part a) is earlier than the larger (Part b).

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