This portrait of a Navajo woman and her child has all the hallmarks of Martha Walter's mature work -- confident and bold brushwork, vivid colors, and an ability to bring life and dignity to her subject. This painting retains its original incised and painted frame, with stylized, geometric ornament.
This is a very rare early work by Martha when she was painting with William Merritt Chase at Shinnecock. Very few paintings extant from this period.
This artwork is part of a series of thirty-six works by Walter which detailed images of immigrants at Ellis Island, New York in the 1920s. The paintings were exhibited in 1922 in the Galerie George in Paris. The series subsequently appeared in 1923 at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Signed with estate stamp on verso. Illustrated in "Impressionist Jewels", page 64.
Illustrated in "Impressionist Jewels", page 60.
This jewel by Martha Walter comes to us from a private collection where it has been for decades. From her rare Paris period (1900-1914) when she worked in France with the great French Impressionists. We welcome your inquiry.
Signed titled and numbered on reverse Many Provenances - more information on request.
Exhibited at the Carnegie Institute in 1911 and illustrated in "Impressionist Jewels", page 73.
An intriguing example of Martha Walter’s work, Garden Scene is at once both a landscape and a still life, and is rendered with the lively palette that her earned repeated praise from critics over her extensive career.
Illustrated on the cover of "Little Jewels" and page 580 in "New Hope for American Art".
