Laverne Nelson Black, Jicarilla Apache Fiesta

Laverne Nelson Black

American · 1887–1938 · Painter, Sculptor

LaVerne Nelson Black (1887-1938) was an American painter whose work depicted Native Americans. Born in Wisconsin, he lived in Taos, New Mexico in the 1920s and Phoenix, Arizona… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Laverne Nelson Black, Along the Old Trail, oil on canvasAlong the Old TrailCoeur d'Alene Art Auction · $238,000≈ £181,846≈ €204,731Sign up to see
  2. Laverne Nelson Black, Along the Trail, oil on canvasAlong the TrailCoeur d'Alene Art Auction · $226,100≈ £181,957≈ €202,999Sign up to see
  3. Laverne Nelson Black, Gathering for the Chief, oil on paper laid on boardGathering for the ChiefCoeur d'Alene Art Auction · $175,500≈ £113,409≈ €160,435Sign up to see

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LaVerne Nelson Black (1887-1938) was an American painter whose work depicted Native Americans. Born in Wisconsin, he lived in Taos, New Mexico in the 1920s and Phoenix, Arizona in the 1930s, where he did two murals for the NRHP-listed United States Post Office. His work is in the permanent collections of the Denver Art Museum, the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

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Born 1887, ViolaDied 1938, Chicago, ILOccupation Painter, Sculptor, IllustratorWikidata Q19904384 ↗ULAN 500069830 ↗Museum works 2

Also known as La Verne Nelson Black, LaVerne Nelson Black

Works in museum collections

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Laverne Nelson Black, Jicarilla Apache Fiesta
Jicarilla Apache Fiesta1934
Smithsonian American Art Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Smithsonian American Art Museum
Laverne Nelson Black, Pack Train at Night
Pack Train at Night
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), Smithsonian Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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