Bert Geer Phillips
(1868 - 1956)
After the Ceremony
oil on board
signed lower right: PHillips
24 3/8 x 75 1/2 in. (61.91 x 191.77 cm.), Frame: 34 1/4 x 84 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (87 x 214 x 3.81 cm.)
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, 1982
Mr. and Mrs. John Marion, 1985
Sotheby's, New York, 1999
Private Collection, New Mexico
A Private Family Foundation*
*All proceeds of sale from this artwork benefit a private charitable foundation (501c3) dedicated to supporting local arts communities and families in need.

Literature:
Julie Schimmel and Robert R. White, Bert Geer Phillips and the Taos Art Colony, Albuquerque: UNM Press, 1994, Illus. p. 111, p. 208 of above: "Reference: Kennedy Quarterly 15 (June 1976), 32-33; [A Selection of Paintings from the Gerald Peters Collection (1983), pl. 84]”

According to Ralph J. Phillips, Jr. and based on his father's remarks, this painting depicts Taos Pueblo women among wild plum blossoms in springtime.

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