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Art Item Information

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Title(s):

Apache Rider or Scout

Creator(s):

Allan C. Houser (Artist)

Culture:

Native American; Chiricahua Apache

Date:

1940

Materials/Techniques:

tempera on paper

Paper/Support:

Landscape; single-sided 0.232-0.242mm cream colored paper. Even distribution of fibers in transmitted light. Poor quality fibers.

Classification:

Paintings

Object Type:

Tempera Painting

Credit Line:

Gift of John C. Hillyer

Accession No:

02.1727

Previous Number(s):

TL1988; 0227.1727; 32146

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 17 23/32in. (45.0cm)
Width: 18 21/32in. (47.4cm)

About the Creator(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Allan C. Houser

Role(s):

Artist

From Getty's Union List of Artist Names:

Names (all):

Houser, Allan C.

Birth Date:

1914

Death Date:

1994

Nationalities:

American (North American)

Roles:

American sculptor and painter, 1914-1994

Gender:

male

Marks and Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Inscribed with the source of title on mat on verso

Signed: Signed by hand in gouache, "Houser-40" in lower right on recto

Tags and Search Terms

Tags:

Apache, belts (costume accessories), birds (animals), blankets, blossom, boots, breechcloth, bridles, buckskin, bullets, Chiricahua Apache, dated, dates, deserts, dirt, face paint, faces, flora, flowers, flying, geometric patterns, gouache, guns, headbands (headgear), hill, hooves, horse (species), horseback riding, Indigenous paintings included in the Henry Luce Foundation 2020-2022 project, Items included in the Henry Luce Foundation 2020-2022 project, jewellery, jewelry, knives, leather, leaves, letters, line, loincloths, long hair, looking down, looking up, men, mocassins, moccasins, musculature, Native American, necklaces, numbers, paintings, rifles (artillery), saddles, Scout, shoes (footwear), signatures (names), signatures--artists, Sitting, smoke, soaring, standing, stripes, triangles (polygons), words, Yucca brevifolia (species)

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Houser, Allan. Apache Rider or Scout. 02.1727. 1940. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/021727 (02/14/2017).

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