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Artists›William Penhallow Henderson

William Penhallow Henderson

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (52)

The Gossip

1922 · oil on canvas

16 1/4 x 20 1/4 in. (41.3 x 51.4 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Feast Day: San Juan Pueblo

1921 · oil on canvas

22 x 30 in. (55.9 x 76.3 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Ready for the Fiesta

1920 · Oil on cardboard

101.6 × 81.3 cm (40 × 32 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sunset Dance Before the Rose, Taos

1917 · Pastel on tan wove paper

23.4 × 30.5 cm (9 1/4 × 12 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ute Dance at Tesuque

1917 · Pastel on brown wove paper

24.9 × 32.7 cm (9 13/16 × 12 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Eagle Dance, San Ildefonso

1917 · Pastel, with touches of white oil pastel, on light blue wove paper

22.5 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Harvest Dance at Jimenez

1917 · Pastel on brown wove paper mounted on card

26.2 × 38 cm (10 3/8 × 15 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Comanche Dance, San Ildefonso

1917 · Pastel on gray wove paper

22.8 × 31.2 cm (9 × 12 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Comanche Dance, Acoma, No.1

1917 · Pastel on tan wove paper

25.1 × 35.5 cm (9 15/16 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Querena

1917 · Oil on canvas

59.6 × 43.9 cm (23 1/2 × 17 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Spring, Abiquiu

1917 · Pastel on brown wove paper

20.2 × 25.5 cm (8 × 10 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Spring, Casa Lucero

1917 · Pastel on gray wove paper

21 × 26 cm (8 5/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

March Hare's Garden (set design for Alice-in-Wonderland)

1915 · pastel on paper

sheet: 5 3/4 × 10 1/2 in. (14.6 × 26.7 cm) mount: 9 1/2 × 14 3/4 in. (24.1 × 37.5 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Alice (costume design for Alice-in-Wonderland, 1915)

1915 · watercolor and pencil on paperboard

sheet and image: 10 1/4 × 6 in. (26.0 × 15.2 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

White Rabbit (costume design for Alice-in-Wonderland, 1915)

1915 · watercolor and pencil on paperboard

sheet and image: 10 × 5 1/8 in. (25.4 × 13.0 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Garden of Flowers (set design for Alice-in-Wonderland, 1915)

1915 · pastel

sheet and image: 9 1/2 × 14 3/4 in. (24.1 × 37.5 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Court of Hearts (set design for Alice-in-Wonderland)

1915 · pastel

sheet and image: 5 3/4 × 10 1/2 in. (14.6 × 26.7 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Navajo Spring Dance

1912 · Pastel on gray wove paper

22.8 × 31.7 cm (9 × 12 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dancers Waiting: The WinterRKiva, CochitII

1912 · Pastel on tan wove paper

22.7 × 30.4 cm (8 15/16 × 12 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of William E. Norton

1901 · oil on canvas

25 1/2 x 21 in. (64.8 x 53.3 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

A Curtain Call

1897 · Pastel on gray wove paper

22.8 × 12.7 cm (9 × 5 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Wood Sawyer

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Scene Design for One Act Play by William Vaughn Moody

pastel

Smithsonian American Art Museum

March Hare (costume Design from Alice-in-Wonderland, 1915)

watercolor and pencil

Smithsonian American Art Museum

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52 published of 52 catalogued · 52 with image

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Art Institute Chicago
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