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WILLIAM ROBINSON LEIGH - Blind Hopi Girl - 1915

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WILLIAM ROBINSON LEIGH - Blind Hopi Girl - 1915
<B>WILLIAM ROBINSON LEIGH</B></I> (American 1866-1955)<BR><I>Blind Hopi Girl Returning from a Desert Watering Hole,</B></I> September 1915<BR>Oil on canvas<BR>11 x 15-1/2 inches (27.9 x 39.4 cm)<BR>Signed lower left:<I> W.R. Leigh</B></I><BR>Signed, titled and dated on reverse: <I>First Mesa Arizona/Sept 1915/W. R. Leigh/A blind hopi girl returning from a desert watering hoal sic /The original sketch, from which a picture has been painted.</B></I><BR><BR>Provenance:<BR>Dr. H.G. Tonkin of Williamsport, MD, gifted by the artist to Dr. Tonkin for the care of Leigh's ailing mother;<BR>Jane Porter-Post Snyder, heir to Dr. Tonkin's estate;<BR>Collection of Boarman Arts Center (The Arts Centre, Martinsburg, WV) 1999, gifted by Jane Porter-Post Snyder<BR><BR>William Robinson Leigh's genre paintings of Native Americans capture the essence of the American West in vivid color. In the present work, Leigh created a dramatic depiction of a blind Hopi girl retrieving fresh water, drawing upon pictorial conventions from his academic training. A lone figure is shown against a vast, open landscape evoking both a sense of isolation and grandeur. The artist gave this painting to Dr. H.G. Tonkin, as a token of his heartfelt gratitude for the medical care the doctor had given his ill mother. <B>Condition Report:</B> Very sliight abrasion on right edge of image marked from previous frame.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Requires 3rd Party Shipping (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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