Edwin Willard Deming 1917 Oil on Canvas of an Elk

Item Details

Edwin Willard Deming (American; 1860 – 1942)
Untitled, 1917
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated “E.W. Deming 1917” to lower left

An oil painting on canvas by well-listed American artist Edwin Williard Deming (1860 – 1942), created in 1917. This work features a profile portrait of an elk in a mountainous Western landscape. Signed and dated to the lower left, the work is presented in a gesso wood frame. A frame label is adhered to the verso.

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

- color fading throughout; small spots of paint loss and craquelured scattered throughout canvas; faint stretch marks near edges; orange stain to lower center; small spots of accretion and stains scattered throughout; some wear in frame includes small chips, stains, scratches, and finish loss scattered throughout; frame is slightly separating at corners.

Dimensions

- measurement of frame; canvas size measures approximately 13" W x 18.25" H.

Item #

18DCC747-014