"Gumby," Angola, Louisiana

April 23, 1999

Deborah Luster

Associated Names
Deborah Luster

Artist, American, born 1951

The image shows a man kneeling on the ground, embracing a young foal. The man's body is visible from the waist up, and he is positioned in a crouched embrace with the foal, his face close to its head. The man has short, light-colored hair. He is wearing a white t-shirt and jeans. The background shows a rustic stable or barn with a straw-covered dirt floor and wooden walls. A rack with farming tools is visible in the background. The scene is bathed in a yellowish sepia tone.
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Provenance

Julia J. Norrell, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2014.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, incised upper right: 37; center: L.S.P. / Angola, Louisiana / "Gumby" / d.o.c. # 102106 / d.o.b. 10.23.55 / p.o.b. Muskogee, OK / entered LSP 1985 / Camp F / work. Range Herd / Gumby with orphaned colt; bottom center: Photo. Hog log. 4.23.99; bottom right: CA/p

Wikidata ID

Q64146512

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