(1839-1927)Native American village painting by F. Schafer; 30″ x 60″. Unframed. Inscript “F. Schafer” in artist’s block letter hand and on verso “Indian Village in Arizona/relined.” Said to have been inscribed “Indian Village, Arizona” before lining. A southwest desert scene with a flat horizon. Two women in brightly colored Native dress, one seated on a donkey, are talking in the center of the picture in front of a small village of shelters and sheds made mostly of sticks. Several other figures barely discernible within the villge. Drying racks surround several of the shelters, and a tripod rack stands beside the nearest one. The desert is sprinkled with Saguaro and barrel cacti and sagebrush.
Perhaps someone commissioned a painting of Arizona Indians, so the artist painted a local encampment and added the appearance of the Sonoran Desert.
PERIOD: Early 20th Century
ORIGIN: Arizona, United States
SIZE: 30″ x 60″