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Artist |
Spellman, Coreen |
Caption |
Gingerbread House, Las Vegas, New Mexico (Tag) |
Collection |
TMA |
Credit Line |
A gift of Mick Spellman, Forney, Texas, 1994 |
Date |
ca. 1941 |
Description |
This is a lithograph titled "Gingerbread House, Las Vegas, New Mexico". This is a busy scene, with children playing in the front and to the left side of the house. In the backdoor, a child seats on the stairs, on the top floor of the house a child has his head popping out a window and a women is peeking out the front window looking into the front of the house. On the left there are two dogs and one is enjoying a hug from a child. Coreen Mary Spellman (1905-1978) was born in Forney, Texas and attended the College of Industrial Arts. Spellman was a teacher, painter, designer, illustrator, lithographer and muralist. In her biography she states the following "I enjoy taking some rather obscure or unimportant subject or theme and making something fine and important out of it . . . It always gives me great pleasure to discover something which has been passed over as being inadequate material". |
Dimensions |
H-12.375 L-10.125 inches |
Medium |
Lithograph |
Material |
Lithograph |
Catalog Number |
1994.03.11 |
Title |
Gingerbread House, Las Vegas, New Mexico |