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Homage to Mabel Dodge 1919

Walter Mruk (1883-1942)

Oil on canvas

24" x 35"

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This work, created by Mruk in his first year in Taos, depicts art patroness Mabel Dodge Luhan, who is rumored to have turned down Mruk's request for patronage as he tried to establish himself as an artist. Lower left in the painting is Tony Luhan, Dodge's purported lover while she was still married to Maurice Sterne.

The "Homage" is satirical in nature, and touches upon themes of wealth, creative integrity, and power wielded by those who hold the purse strings.

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