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Festus Yayple and his Oxen
Festus Yayple and his Oxen
1946
George C. Ault
(American, 1891-1948)
Oil on canvas
Framed: 76.2 x 105.4 x 6.4 cm (30 x 41 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.); Unframed: 61.6 x 91.4 cm (24 1/4 x 36 in.)
Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1949.1775
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Ault worked in rural Woodstock, New York, where he befriended laborers such as ox-trader Festus Yayple. Typical of the artist’s work, this canvas infuses an aura of loneliness and beauty into the everyday world. The austere calm of the painting’s composition contrasts with the turmoil surrounding Ault, who at the time suffered from poverty, failing eyesight, alcoholism, and mental illness.
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