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Paintings (visual works) -- 1901-1950

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

E. A. Burbank Indian Portraits, Paintings

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT.oversize-Ayer-Art-Burbank.Paint
Abstract

Collection of twenty-five oil paintings on canvas and panel executed by E. A. Burbank during the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. Predominately composed of intimately-scaled portraits of American Indian men and women, this collection offers invaluable insight into the pictorial depiction of the American Indian during the turn of the twentieth century as well as the cultural cache attached to the depiction of native subjects.

Dates: 1897-1908

[Monroe Frederick Paintings and Drawings]

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT-oversize-Ayer-Art.Frederick
Abstract

Three oil on canvas paintings and twelve watercolor drawings on paper of various sizes housed in one green portfolio and two red clamshell boxes. Paintings and drawings are attributed to Monroe Quamahongiva Frederick, a Hopi artist. Tribes depicted include the Navajo, Crow, and Hopi. Subjects of paintings include American Indian portraits, pueblos, the southwest, dress, and copies of work by E. Irving Crouse and Elbridge Ayer Burbank.

Dates: approximately 1910-1920