Unframed. Image provided by donor - not for public use

Market, Guanajuato

Artist Wilbur Niewald (American, 1925 - 2022)

Date1970

MediumWatercolor on paper

DimensionsUnframed: 14 1/2 × 19 1/2 inches (36.83 × 49.53 cm)
Framed: 21 3/4 × 26 5/8 × 1 3/4 inches (55.25 × 67.63 × 4.45 cm)

Credit LineGift of Janet Niewald

Object number2025.31.2

SignedSigned, lower right of canvas. Signed on frame paper, upper right verso; titled and dated on frame paper, middle verso.

On View

Not on view

Terms

DescriptionThis horizontally oriented abstract painting depicts what appears to be an outdoor scene of multiple human figures with a bridge-like structure in the background. The style is sketchy and therefore void of much detail within the figures or background. The figures’ clothing is robe-like and nondescript. In the lower proper left corner there is an oval shape which is pointed at the bottom with the vertical lines inside; this slightly resembles a caricature of a face, without a nose or mouth. The primary colors in the painting are dark blue and white, with traces of terracotta and pale yellow.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Wilbur Niewald (1925–2022)—Jubilee 2025: A Centennial Celebration of His Painting, February 7–March 12, 2025, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO.

Provenance

The artist, Kansas City, MO, 1970;

To his daughter, Janet Niewald, Blacksburg, VA, after his death, 2022;

Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2025.

Published References

Janet Niewald, Wilbur Niewald (1925–2022)—Jubilee 2025: A Centennial Celebration of His Painting (Kansas City, MO: Haw Contemporary, 2025), 20.

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