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VERSO
Signed and titled
Terpning biographer Elmer Keaton wrote about Huachuca Pond, “Water was scarce in most of the desert country where the Apache lived. The fact that Apache knew where to find it and their White enemies often did not was a factor that helped the Apaches hold out longer than almost all the other Indians.”
In discussing this painting the artist wrote, “I was visiting Fort Huachuca in the late 70s to do some research and as I roamed around outside the fort, I saw a pond which was very interesting. I could see a Chiricahua Apache man on horseback in my mind. I would place him near the water in order to capture his reflection. This painting was the result of that visit.”
PROVENANCE
Settlers West Galleries, Tucson, Arizona, 1978
Private collection, Virginia
EXHIBITED
The Great American West, Settlers West Galleries, Tucson, Arizona, 1978
LITERATURE
Elmer Kelton, The Art of Howard Terpning, The Greenwich Workshop Press, 1992, p. 92, illustrated
