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Peter Hurd (1904-1984)
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Peter Hurd (1904-1984)

The Baptising

Fermé28 October 2020

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Peter Hurd (1904-1984)
The Baptising
signed 'Peter Hurd' (lower left)—signed again, inscribed with title and 'San Patricio, N.M.' and dated '1969' (on the reverse)
tempera on masonite
27 ¾ x 48 in. (70.5 x 121.9 cm.)
Painted in 1969.

The artist.
Jeffrey Reynolds, commissioned from the above.
Sotheby’s, New York, 30 November 1989, lot 126, sold by the above.
Reserve National Insurance Company, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Texas Art Gallery, Inc., Dallas, Texas, 3 November 2007, lot 72.
Acquired by the late owner from the above.

Note du spécialiste

Peter Hurd was married to Henriette Wyeth, the daughter of famed American Illustrator and artist N.C. Wyeth, and sister of American Realist Andrew Wyeth. In addition to his work with cowboy subjects, the artist was drawn to Regional themes, subjects such as dances, circuses and travelling preachers, as exhibited by the present work. The painting depicts a crowd celebrating a baptism, perhaps a group who have arrived in the West relatively recently, with an interest in establishing new customs. Another tempera on this theme titled Baptising at Three Wells is in the collection of the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia, and was also made into a lithograph.