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Exhibition History"The Folk Art of New York State," Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, Williamsburg, VA, March 15, 1959 - May 20, 1959.
Artist
Unidentified Artist
(American)
The Bear Hunters
Datec. 1825
MediumWatercolor on paper
DimensionsSight: 7 3/16 × 9 3/16 in. (18.3 × 23.3 cm)
Object numberN0347.1961
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of Stephen C. Clark
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextThis amateur artist sought to convey the ferocity of an encounter with a wild bear--note the bared teeth of both bear and dog--despite obvious problems with relative scale. While this picture's source is not known, it probably derives from one of the numerous folk tales of farmers who, in the course of their daily chores, suddenly find themselves face-to-face with a bear and kill it with an ax or gun.Exhibition History"The Folk Art of New York State," Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, Williamsburg, VA, March 15, 1959 - May 20, 1959.
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