Hurd House Frieze (The Bear Hunt)
Ufer, Walter
1924
Artwork Information
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Title:
Hurd House Frieze (The Bear Hunt)
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Artist:
Ufer, Walter
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Artist Bio:
American, 1876–1936
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Date:
1924
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Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Dimensions:
14 3/4 x 70 1/2 inches
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Credit Line:
Wichita Art Museum, Gift of the Estate of Mr. L.R. Hurd
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Object Number:
1945.1.8
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Display:
Not Currently on Display
About the Artwork
(Walter Ufer DESCRIPTION OF FRIEZE continued from 1945.1.5)
THE SOUTH WALL – THE BEAR HUNT
To the left, I show Ranches des Taos, which is a neighboring village to Taos. In the foreground – a field of wheat and alfalfa. In the extreme left corner, rising over the foothills, I show Truces Peaks, which are the highest mountains in that part of the United States. The weather has blown over into a clear sky again. In a group of cottonwoods, I show a mountain lion, chased there by tow wolves and this is in symbolism of the hunt. In a group of cottonwoods, I show a mountain lion, chased there by two wolves and this is in symbolism of the hunt. In a group of spruce, I show a large bear on his haunches being attacked by an Indian or two, and behind them, I show a deer running away. I tried in this panel to show the top of a high plateau, a field of boulders or moraine and between this forest and the mountains, I show a line of yellow aspen.