Lot Essay
There is a landscape study on the reverse of Navajo Reservation that is inscribed and dated 'Polacca 1923'.
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Navajo Reservation Taos, New Mexico
Details
Maynard Dixon (1875-1946)
Navajo Reservation
Taos, New Mexico
the first inscribed with title, dated and signed with initials 'Sept 1923 MD' (lower left) and inscribed indistinctly ' . . . mesa in front of red one' (lower right)
the second signed with initials, inscribed with title and dated 'MD Aug 1931' (lower left)
each: graphite on paper
the first: 4¼ x 6 3/8 in. (10.8 x 16.2 cm.)
the second: 5 x 7¼ in. (12.7 x 18.4 cm.) (2)
Navajo Reservation
Taos, New Mexico
the first inscribed with title, dated and signed with initials 'Sept 1923 MD' (lower left) and inscribed indistinctly ' . . . mesa in front of red one' (lower right)
the second signed with initials, inscribed with title and dated 'MD Aug 1931' (lower left)
each: graphite on paper
the first: 4¼ x 6 3/8 in. (10.8 x 16.2 cm.)
the second: 5 x 7¼ in. (12.7 x 18.4 cm.) (2)
Provenance
The artist.
Edith Hamlin, wife of the artist.
Rosenstock Fine Arts, Denver, Colorado.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Edith Hamlin, wife of the artist.
Rosenstock Fine Arts, Denver, Colorado.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
Maynard Dixon Sketch Book, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1967, pp. 74 and 82, illustrated