Taos, New Mexico
1927
Oil on board in original hand-carved frame by Dorothy Eugenie Brett
Painting: 17 5/8 in high x 21 3/8 in wide (44.8 x 54.3 cm); frame: 23 3/4 in high x 27 3/8 in wide (60.3 x 69.5 cm)
Provenance: Robert L. Parsons Fine Art, New Mexico; The Gregory Warren Nelson Collection, New Mexico
This 1927 oil on board by Dorothy Eugenie Brett is inscribed verso “TAOS NEW MEXICO / BRETT / 1927.” Created while Brett was living at the D. H. Lawrence Ranch, the painting reflects her close engagement with Taos, its landscape, and Native community life. The composition shows women watching a horse race, with the figures arranged in a rhythmic procession against the mountain setting.
Brett’s use of color, grouped forms, and compressed space gives the scene a strong decorative structure without losing its social focus. The original hand-carved frame by Brett is an integral part of the object and extends the artist’s hand beyond the painted surface. As a major Taos-period work with strong provenance, it has interest for collectors of Dorothy Brett, Taos modernism, and early 20th-century Southwestern painting.
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Taos, New Mexico
1927
Oil on board in original hand-carved frame by Dorothy Eugenie Brett
Painting: 17 5/8 in high x 21 3/8 in wide (44.8 x 54.3 cm); frame: 23 3/4 in high x 27 3/8 in wide (60.3 x 69.5 cm)
Provenance: Robert L. Parsons Fine Art, New Mexico; The Gregory Warren Nelson Collection, New Mexico
This 1927 oil on board by Dorothy Eugenie Brett is inscribed verso “TAOS NEW MEXICO / BRETT / 1927.” Created while Brett was living at the D. H. Lawrence Ranch, the painting reflects her close engagement with Taos, its landscape, and Native community life. The composition shows women watching a horse race, with the figures arranged in a rhythmic procession against the mountain setting.
Brett’s use of color, grouped forms, and compressed space gives the scene a strong decorative structure without losing its social focus. The original hand-carved frame by Brett is an integral part of the object and extends the artist’s hand beyond the painted surface. As a major Taos-period work with strong provenance, it has interest for collectors of Dorothy Brett, Taos modernism, and early 20th-century Southwestern painting.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
