Artwork Details
Artist
Creation Date
Materials
Object Types
Dimensions
40-1/2 x 43-1/4 in. (canvas) 47 x 50 x 3-1/2 in. (framed)
Mark Description
Signed, lower left: VICTOR HIGGINS.
Accession Number
Credit Line
Gift in memory of John P. Frenzel, Sr., by his heirs
Copyright
Collection
American Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
Color Palette
Provenance
(Pettis Gallery, Indianapolis); John P. Frenzel, Sr., Indianapolis, in 1924; by descent to his children; given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1973 (73.105.8).
Gallery Labels
This canvas, with its intricate linear construction, exhibits the artist's dramatic use of brilliant color.
Pueblo people used parrots as a source of feathers to decorate ceremonial objects.
Indiana-born Higgins gained his fame as a Western artist painting in Taos, New Mexico.
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Art Patronage in Taos, New Mexico: 1898-1950
Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum
August 13, 2000 - November 12, 2000
Art Patronage in Taos, New Mexico: 1898-1950
Albuquerque Museum of Art and History
April 16, 2000 - July 16, 2000
Art Patronage in Taos, New Mexico: 1898-1950
Phoenix Art Museum
December 11, 1999 - March 12, 2000
Art Patronage in Taos, New Mexico: 1898-1950
Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame
August 15, 1999 - November 14, 1999
Art Patronage in Taos, New Mexico: 1898-1950
The University of Tulsa, Gilcrease Museum
May 16, 1999 - July 18, 1999
W. Victor Higgins: An American Painter
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art
April 7, 1992 - May 31, 1992
W. Victor Higgins: An American Painter
Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum
January 26, 1992 - March 14, 1992
W. Victor Higgins: An American Painter
The University of Tulsa, Gilcrease Museum
October 13, 1991 - December 29, 1991
W. Victor Higgins: An American Painter
Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame
June 2, 1991 - September 15, 1991
W. Victor Higgins: An American Painter
Buffalo Bill Museum
March 10, 1991 - May 10, 1991
W. Victor Higgins: An American Painter
Phoenix Art Museum
December 14, 1990 - February 10, 1991
Across the Wide Missouri: The American West in Art
Heritage Museums & Gardens
May 8, 1981 - October 1, 1981
Victor Higgins, 1884-1949
Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame
October 26, 1975 - December 21, 1975
Picturesque Images from Taos and Santa Fe
Denver Art Museum
January 12, 1974 - March 17, 1974
Special Exhibition of Paintings by Victor Higgins, A.N.A.
The Pettis Gallery
May 5, 1924 - May 21, 1924
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