Good Morning,

 

We have been trying to deaccession a painting from our collection for some time, but have been unable to locate a new home for the piece.   The painting is:

 

Early Spanish Explorers in the American Southwest 1528-1555 by George M. Ottinger

Oil on Canvas 89”x 66”

One painting, oil on board. Scene depicts Cabeza de Vaca, a friar (Marcos de Niza), another Spaniard, and a black man (Estebanico). These were very early Spanish explorers searching for the legendary "Seven Cities of Gold." The artist has placed de Vaca and the friar in center with the Spaniard to the left and the black man to the right. They are passing through a desert in the American Southwest comprising what is now Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. They look ragged and dejected. Colors are soft-toned, almost pastel. Rendering is very sketch-like. Almost primitive in style. Signed "G.M.O." in lower right corner.

 

The painting does not fall into our collecting focus and we would like to transfer it to a collection where it will be used.   If you are interested in the painting, please contact me so I can send images.

 

Thank you,

Carrie Snow

 

 

Carrie E. Snow

Supervisor Collections Care- Art and Artifacts

Church History Museum

45 North West Temple Street

Salt Lake City, UT 84150

(801) 240-4619

(801) 240-5342

 

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