Gwen Coleman Lester Acrylic Painting on Canvas "Woman with Burden Basket"

Item Details

Provenance
Property from an American Midwestern Museum

An acrylic painting on canvas titled Woman with Burden Basket by listed artist Gwen Coleman Lester (Choctaw, b. 1956). The work depicts a Choctaw woman in clothing indicative of the early 19th-century, carrying a closed burden basket on her back. Signed by the artist to the lower right corner. Housed in a wood-tone plastic frame. To the verso is a descriptive label and gallery label.

Featured Choctaw artist Gwen Coleman Lester was born in Claremore, Oklahoma in 1956. She began her career in commercial art then moved to fine art where she experimented with different mediums. Her work is extremely influenced by her Choctaw heritage and the Choctaw language.

Dimensions

- measures frame; sight size 9.5" W x 19.5" H.

Item #

17DCC191-020