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Alfred Lee Rowell (American, 1894-1963). "Daily Bread" plaster relief plaque, n.d. Hand signed at lower right. Hand titled at lower left. A lovely relief plaque by Alfred Lee Rowell, a Colorado-born artist who worked as an artist in Mesa Verde National Park in the 1930s. The composition depicts a charming genre scene featuring a woman kneading bread beside a pan and kettle warming on the fire as smoke plumes rise and a little girl looks on. Beside the woman is a finished loaf of bread, and to the right, a wagon wheel. Size: 8" L x 12" W x 1" D (20.3 cm x 30.5 cm x 2.5 cm)

About the artist: Alfred Rowell was born in Colorado. During the 1930s, he and his wife, Anna Mae, lived in Lower Mancos, Montezuma, Colorado and Alfred worked as an artist in Mesa Verde National Park. By 1941 they moved to Chicago where Alfred worked as a Dioramist in the Department of Anthropology at the Chicago National History Museum where he worked for many years. In 1960, Alfred and Anna Mae moved to Arizona where they lived for the rest of their lives.

Provenance: private Erie, Colorado, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s

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  • Condition: Hand signed at lower right. Hand titled at lower left. Minor surface wear and slight nicks to the peripheries. A few small paint drops here and there as shown. Otherwise intact and very nice.

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