Western and Wildlife Art, including Contemporary Native American Art

Provenance:

Edward Willis Scripps (1854-1926), San Diego.

James George Scripps (1911-1986), San Diego, acquired from the above, his grandson.

Marjorie Ruth (neé Phillips) Scripps (1920-2016), Seattle, acquired from from this above, his wife.

Eric Phillips, La Jolla, California, acquired from the above, her son, by 1994.

Zaplin-Lampert Gallery, Santa Fe.

Acquired directly from the above, 1995.

Exhibited:

Santa Fe, New Mexico, Old Palace of the Governors, July 1912.

Santa Fe, New Mexico, Old Palace of the Governors, Bert G. Phillips, S.W.A., 1915.

Fort Wayne, Indiana, Fort Wayne Collects: Three Viewpoints, March 17-May 6, 2012.

Literature:

Taos Valley News, July 20, 1912, p. 1.

J. Schimmel and R. R. White, Bert Geer Phillips and the Taos Art Colony, Albuquerque, 1994, pp. 160-62, 192-93, 271, fig. 87, illustrated.

Framed: 50 1/2 x 36 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.

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