THE LOVERS

Artist EANGER IRVING COUSE (1866 - 1936)

Date1909

CountryUSA

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions67.3 x 57.2 cm (26 1/2 x 22 1/2") (Image)
Frame: 78.1 x 67.6 cm (30 3/4 x 26 5/8")

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of Janet Southwick.

Terms

Object number820001200

DescriptionThe image depicts two Native American figures, one male and one female, standing on dry barren ground with an adobe wall as a back drop; both figures face the viewer with the male to the left and the female to the right. The female figure has long dark braids that fall over her shoulders and is clothed in a long buckskin dress, fringed around the bottom, with a belt at her waist; the figure's right hand is lifted to her mouth. The male figure also has long dark braids over each shoulder, a bare torso and a textile draped around his waist and shoulders; buckskin leggings shows below the waist textile. The back drop wall has a window on the left and a window on the right.

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