Chili Time
Artist
Albert Herman Schmidt
(American, 1885 - 1957)
Daten.d.
Mediumoil on canvas
DimensionsImage: 22 1/8 x 30 1/8 in. (56.2 x 76.5 cm)
Frame: 28 1/2 x 36 7/16 x 1 7/16 in. (72.4 x 92.6 x 3.7 cm)
Frame: 28 1/2 x 36 7/16 x 1 7/16 in. (72.4 x 92.6 x 3.7 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Marjorie Schmidt, 1959
Object number17.23P
DescriptionRecto: Adobe house with two people on their knees and one on top of a ladder harvesting chili.Verso: An outdoor scene of a woman in front of an adobe house holding the hands of a small child who appears to be learning to walk. The sky is a deep purple-blue highlighting the large blossoming tree that dominates the center of the painting. In the background is an “A” framed house with a long porch along one side. A pair of little children sits by the large central tree while the adobe buildings on the right cast deep purple shadows on the ground.
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