Author: WARREN, Betty (1920-93)
Title: A Profile of the Southwest
Description: Oneonta, NY, Hartwick College, 1991. Signed print. Folio (16" X 24"). Near fine. Handsome matte finish exhibition poster for this showing at The Museums at Hardwick College, which took place from April 14 to August 4 of 1991. Betty Warren's name appears large across the top in large typeface, while the center is filled with Warren's pencil portrait of an elderly woman, titled "'Grandmother' -- Taos Pueblo, N.M." At lower right of this image , in blue fineline, the artist handsomely signs and inscribes: "To Arnold / From / Betty." Arnold is Arnold F. Gates (1914-93), a noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar and officer of the New York Civil War Round Table. Warren was the daughter of noted Western artist and "Pecos Bill" creator Jack A. Warren, and was a highly-paid portrait artist in her own right; in 1940, at age 20, she became the youngest woman artist to be given a solo exhibit at a major American museum when the Berkshire Museum showcased her work. .

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