oil on canvas, unsigned. Depicting an Indian maiden in the forest, in a gilt and gesso frame; 21.5" x 25.5" (sight), 29.5" x 33.5" (w/frame). Included with the painting is the book Indians and a Changing Frontier: The Art of George Winter by Cooke and Ramadhyani (Indiana Historical Society, 1993), in which another version of the Spotted Fawn is illustrated. Winter purportedly was fond of the subject, creating several versions, for which records of the sale of at least three survive (Cooke, 15). GEORGE WINTER (1810-1876), born in England and studying at the Royal Academy, was one of the earliest Indiana artists whose focus was Indian subject matter, primarily depicting subjects in his region. Condition: Overall craquelure, relined, scattered inpainting and one heavy area on right hand. Two pin-sized spots of flaking and minor gesso loss to frame.
oil on canvas, unsigned. Depicting an Indian maiden in the forest, in a gilt and gesso frame; 21.5" x 25.5" (sight), 29.5" x 33.5" (w/frame). Included with the painting is the book Indians and a Changing Frontier: The Art of George Winter by Cooke and Ramadhyani (Indiana Historical Society, 1993), in which another version of the Spotted Fawn is illustrated. Winter purportedly was fond of the subject, creating several versions, for which records of the sale of at least three survive (Cooke, 15). GEORGE WINTER (1810-1876), born in England and studying at the Royal Academy, was one of the earliest Indiana artists whose focus was Indian subject matter, primarily depicting subjects in his region. Condition: Overall craquelure, relined, scattered inpainting and one heavy area on right hand. Two pin-sized spots of flaking and minor gesso loss to frame.
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