A figure in a black coat looks on as richly dressed Indigenous American men dance in the foreground. The warm tones, rising dust, and controlled energy in the men’s bodies set the painting abuzz with movement and vitality, but not without the shadow of fragility suggested by the dusky setting, dark shadows, and ambiguous, enrobed figure watching the dance.
Provenance: Private Collection, Florida Bonhams California, Coast to Coast: American Art, Including the Collection of Gail Feingarten Oppenheimer, February 7, 2023, Lot 183 Private Collection, Utah
