About This Artwork

Walter Ufer
American, 1876-1936

The Solemn Pledge, Taos Indians, c. 1915

Oil on canvas
101.9 x 92.1 cm (40 1/8 x 36 1/4 in.)
Signed: W. Ufer (lo. r) (signature not visible 8/13/68)
Friends of American Art Collection, 1916.441

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Milwaukee Art Institute, Exhibition of Forty Paintings presented to the Art Institute of Chicago by the Friends of American Art, March 1-29, 1925, cat. 38.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gilcrease Museum, Taos Artists and their Patrons, May 16-July 18, 1999; traveled to Notre Dame, Indiana, Snite Museum, August 15-November 14, 1999.