Skip to product information
1 of 2

Artifacts of History

Paul Peter Forster - Market Day 30" x 40"

Paul Peter Forster - Market Day 30" x 40"

Regular price $1,250.00 USD
Regular price Sale price $1,250.00 USD
Sale Sold out

Paul Peter Forster (1925-2012)
Market Day, n.d.

Oil on board
Board: 30” x 40”
Unframed

Adorned in traditional Navajo clothing, Navajo women wander through a market. Each woman has a distinct relationship to the painting’s space, color, and light. The painting achieves a kind of intimacy by positioning the viewer within the bustle of the marketplace, while also estranging the viewer by keeping the gaze of each woman averted. Forster maintained distinctly ethnographic intentions throughout his career, aiming to preserve indigenous culture in his art.

Provenance:
Louisville, Colorado
Private Collection, Utah

View full details