Horse

Selma Sandler

National Gallery of Art

This is a painting of a stylized horse. The artwork depicts a horse with a distinctly abstract and simplified form, featuring broad, sweeping lines that capture the sense of movement and grace of the animal. The horse is adorned with large, irregularly shaped patches of brown across its gray body. The use of stark, contrasting colors and simplified shapes gives the horse a bold and graphic quality. The mane and tail appear somewhat flattened, with sharp, defined strokes contrasting with the soft curves of the body. This is in the style of traditional Native American ledger art.