They stopped at a water-hole and filled the ollas
Date1912
Artist
Gayle Porter Hoskins
(American painter, illustrator, and muralist, 1887–1962)
Illustration Citation"Bob-O-Loo," by Jane Anderson, in Harper's Weekly, December 14, 1912
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions36 1/4 x 30 1/4 in. (92.1 x 76.8 cm)
frame: 44 × 37 3/4 in. (111.8 × 95.9 cm)
frame: 44 × 37 3/4 in. (111.8 × 95.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Ellen F. Wood, in memory of Laurence Wood, 2004
Object number2004-19
On View
On viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextThe story centers on two Native Americans, an eight-year-old boy Bob-O-Loo and an older Indian called Urô, from Agua Caliente, Arizona. Bob-O-Loo is found to be the half-White son of a lost White man who was a close friend of one of the area's settlers. The true identity of Bob-O-Loo is discovered through a Christmas present he brings to his white friend—that same settler.Gayle Hoskins created this illustration for a story marked by Euro-American stereotypical attitudes toward Native Americans. Rather than emphasize such negative aspects in his illustration, Hoskins presents the arid landscape, worn-down horses, an exhausted Native American man, and the demanding task of a still-agile young boy, all reflecting the isolated hardships of reservation life.
Gayle Porter Hoskins
1925
