Rebecca Salsbury James, White Roses at Twilight, 1941
Rebecca Salsbury James
1891 - 1968
White Roses at Twilight, 1941
reverse-painted oil on glass
inscribed verso: White Roses at Twilight / A gift to the Blumenschein memorial / foundation / by / Rebecca James - in 1968 - January / TAOS / N.M / For Bill James. / 68.2.6 / IO/31 / Rebecca Salsbury James / TAOS / N.M 1941-
19 5/8 x 15 3/4 in. (49.8 x 40 cm.), frame: 21 1/8 x 17 1/8 x 1 1/4 in. (53.7 x 43.5 x 3.2 cm.)
The Artist, 1968
Blumenschein Memorial Foundation (Taos Historic Museums), Taos, New Mexico
Exhibited:
Rebecca Salsbury James: Paintings and Colchas, Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, New Mexico, 2010
Rebecca Salsbury James was a self-taught American artist born in London and raised in New York City, where her marriage to photographer Paul Strand brought her into the modernist circle surrounding Alfred Stieglitz. A close friend of Georgia O’Keeffe, she traveled with her to New Mexico in 1929 and later settled in Taos, whose landscape and cultural traditions helped shape her art. James became particularly known for reverse-painted oils on glass, depicting flowers, shells, still lifes, and Southwestern subjects. This exacting technique required her to apply details first and backgrounds last on the back of a glass pane, with the finished image viewed from the front. The glass gave her compositions luminous color, crisp outlines, and a smooth, reflective surface. Combining simplified forms with the intimacy of folk art, James developed a distinctive modernist style.
Condition
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Rebecca Salsbury James
1891 - 1968
White Roses at Twilight, 1941
reverse-painted oil on glass
inscribed verso: White Roses at Twilight / A gift to the Blumenschein memorial / foundation / by / Rebecca James - in 1968 - January / TAOS / N.M / For Bill James. / 68.2.6 / IO/31 / Rebecca Salsbury James / TAOS / N.M 1941-
19 5/8 x 15 3/4 in. (49.8 x 40 cm.), frame: 21 1/8 x 17 1/8 x 1 1/4 in. (53.7 x 43.5 x 3.2 cm.)
The Artist, 1968
Blumenschein Memorial Foundation (Taos Historic Museums), Taos, New Mexico
Exhibited:
Rebecca Salsbury James: Paintings and Colchas, Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, New Mexico, 2010
Rebecca Salsbury James was a self-taught American artist born in London and raised in New York City, where her marriage to photographer Paul Strand brought her into the modernist circle surrounding Alfred Stieglitz. A close friend of Georgia O’Keeffe, she traveled with her to New Mexico in 1929 and later settled in Taos, whose landscape and cultural traditions helped shape her art. James became particularly known for reverse-painted oils on glass, depicting flowers, shells, still lifes, and Southwestern subjects. This exacting technique required her to apply details first and backgrounds last on the back of a glass pane, with the finished image viewed from the front. The glass gave her compositions luminous color, crisp outlines, and a smooth, reflective surface. Combining simplified forms with the intimacy of folk art, James developed a distinctive modernist style.
Condition
A condition report for this lot is available upon request (please include the lot number in your request) and is provided by Santa Fe Art Auction as a courtesy and convenience for potential buyers.
