California
Circa 1900
Oil on board
5 1/2" x 7 3/4" framed
Provenance: Brant Mackley, Santa Fe, NM
Grace Hudson Carpenter was among the most celebrated painters of California Native subjects in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, known especially for her intimate portraits of Pomo infants and children from the Mendocino County region. This small panel depicts a Mendocino baby in a traditional cradle board, a subject that became closely identified with Carpenter's work and for which she developed a devoted following among collectors. The attribution is given as "Grace Hudson Carpenter or after," a designation that reflects appropriate scholarly caution while acknowledging the work's close relationship to her documented output.
The composition is characteristic of the Mendocino baby type that made Carpenter's reputation, rendered in warm earth tones with careful attention to the child's expression and the weave of the cradle board. Works of this subject and scale circulated widely during Carpenter's lifetime and after, and the distinction between autograph works and period copies in her manner remains an active area of collector and curatorial attention. From the collection of Brant Mackley of Santa Fe, this is an appealing and well provenanced example of a beloved California Native subject.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
California
Circa 1900
Oil on board
5 1/2" x 7 3/4" framed
Provenance: Brant Mackley, Santa Fe, NM
Grace Hudson Carpenter was among the most celebrated painters of California Native subjects in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, known especially for her intimate portraits of Pomo infants and children from the Mendocino County region. This small panel depicts a Mendocino baby in a traditional cradle board, a subject that became closely identified with Carpenter's work and for which she developed a devoted following among collectors. The attribution is given as "Grace Hudson Carpenter or after," a designation that reflects appropriate scholarly caution while acknowledging the work's close relationship to her documented output.
The composition is characteristic of the Mendocino baby type that made Carpenter's reputation, rendered in warm earth tones with careful attention to the child's expression and the weave of the cradle board. Works of this subject and scale circulated widely during Carpenter's lifetime and after, and the distinction between autograph works and period copies in her manner remains an active area of collector and curatorial attention. From the collection of Brant Mackley of Santa Fe, this is an appealing and well provenanced example of a beloved California Native subject.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
