Cowboys Roping a Bear

Cowboys Roping a Bear

c. 1877
Artist
James Walker, British, 1819-1889
Born: England
Work Locations: United States
Country
United States
Object
painting
Medium
Oil paint on canvas
Accession Number
1955.87
Credit Line
Fred E. Gates Fund

James Walker, Cowboys Roping a Bear, about 1877. Oil on canvas; 29 5/16 x 49 5/16 in.
Denver Art Museum: Fred E. Gates Collection, 1955.87

Dimensions
frame height: 37 1/4 in, 94.6150 cm; frame width: 57 7/8 in, 147.0025 cm; frame depth: 4 in, 10.1600 cm; height: 29.313 in, 74.4550 cm; width: 49.313 in, 125.2550 cm
Inscription
BRC:"James Walker./1877" in red paint
Department
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
Collection
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
This object is currently on view
Known Provenance
(Argosy Books Inc.), New York, NY, before 1955; Purchased by the Denver Art Museum, 1955.
Exhibition History
  • "Building the West"—Denver Art Museum, ?–Nov. 27, 1955
  • "The Western Frontier"—Denver Art Museum, July 28–Oct. 9, 1966
  • "Colorado Collects Historic Western Art"—Denver Art Museum, Jan 13–April 15, 1973
  • "BackStory: Western American Art in Context"—History Colorado, 3/18/2017 - 2/11/2018