Edwin Deming Gouache Painting of Two Eagles with Snake

Item Details

Edwin Willard Deming (American, 1860 – 1942)
Untitled (eagles with snake)
Gouache painting on paper
Signed to lower left

Born in Ohio, Edwin Deming studied at the Art Students League in New York and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris with Gustave Boulanger and Jules Lefebvre. He is known for his depictions of the American west having traveled and lived three decades with Native American tribes of the southwest and pacific northwest. In 1893, he was hired by Outing magazine to travel west and produce illustrations of Native American life with fellow artists DeCost Smith and Frederic Remington. Deming’s 1916 murals of Native American life are located in the American Museum of Natural History and in the Museum of the American Indian. Other institutions that have collected or displayed his work include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Smithsonian Institution, among others.

Condition

- small area of paint loss to center of right side; scattered accretion; light toning to mat; nicks and finish wear to frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame; visible image measures 7" W x 9.5" H.

Item #

ITMG039369