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Kenneth Riley (1919 – 2015)
Pow-Wow Time (1987)
oil on board
28 × 32 inches
38 × 42 × 2 inches (framed)
signed and dateed lower right

VERSO
Artist label with signature and title
Label, Cowboy Artists of America Museum, Kerrville, Texas

Describing this painting, the artist wrote: “I often develop paintings around colors and shapes – all of which abound within Indian culture. The circle was a sacred shape for the Plains Indian, utilized in decorating both functional and ceremonial items. The circular shapes in this painting are balanced against the triangles of the tepees, with a variation on the theme appearing in the umbrella.”

PROVENANCE
The artist
Yturria Collection, Brownsville, Texas

EXHIBITED
The Storytellers: The Narrative Tradition in Western Art, Cowboy Artists of America Museum, Kerrville, Texas, 1992

LITERATURE
Susan Hallsten McGarry, West of Camelot: The Historical Paintings of Kenneth Riley, Eiteljorg Museum and Settlers West Galleries, 1993, p. 190, illustrated

248

Kenneth Riley

1919 – 2015

Pow-Wow Time (1987)
oil on board
28 × 32 inches
38 × 42 × 2 inches (framed)
signed and dateed lower right
$15,000 – 25,000
 
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