Frame Size: | 13.5 x 16 in. |
Price: | $1,000 |
Painting depicts Indigenous Americans harvesting rice - mostly likely near Milwaukee.
When Milwaukee became a city in 1846, wild rice beds still flourished at the mouths of the Kinnickinnic, Menomonee and Milwaukee Rivers. Wild rice, however, is sensitive to water pollution. As Milwaukee grew as a harbor, manufacturing center, and residential hub, pollution increased. Soon, the wild rice was gone.
Oil on board in excellent condition with new frame.
Signed lower left corner