Shonto BegayNavajo Blue Highway
Art Bridges Collection
Rick BartowUntitled (Bartow)
About
Untitled foregrounds both the stylistic and thematic features that defined Rick Bartow’s oeuvre and enabled him to transform his artistic practice into a therapeutic connection to his Wiyot ancestry. A Vietnam veteran who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, Bartow often depicted animals and humans in a state of forceful flux and transformation, melding them into a single entity. His distinctively expressive and dynamic handling of colors and lines is on full display in this 1990 pastel and graphite drawing.
Artist
Rick Bartow
Dimensions
26 x 40 in.
Credit Line
Art Bridges
Date
1990
Medium
Pastel and graphite on paper
Object Number
AB.2025.17
Provenance
Artist; purchased by Tony Abeyta, Santa Fe, NM; (Trotta-Bono Contemporary, Venice, CA); purchased by John and Susan Horseman Collection, 2023; (Trotta-Bono Contemporary, Venice, CA); purchased by Art Bridges, 2025
