Foothills Colorado

Foothills Colorado

c. 1870
Artist
Worthington Whittredge, American, 1820-1910
Born: Lorain, Ohio
Country
United States
Object
painting
Medium
Oil paint on paper
Accession Number
1969.160
Credit Line
Gift of the Houston Foundation in Memory of M. Elliott Houston and Museum Exchange
Worthington Whittredge (American). Foothills Colorado. c. 1870. Oil paint on paper. Gift of the Houston Foundation in Memory of M. Elliott Houston and Museum Exchange. 1969.160.
Dimensions
frame height: 17 3/4 in, 45.085 cm; frame width: 25 1/2 in, 64.77 cm; frame depth: 2 1/4 in, 5.7150 cm; height: 11.75 in, 29.8450 cm; width: 19.75 in, 50.1650 cm
Department
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
Collection
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
This object is currently on view
Known Provenance
(M. Knoedler & Co., Inc.), New York, NY; Purchased by the Denver Art Museum, 1969.
Exhibition History
  • Exhibition for Sale, O.C. Marsh Collection, American Art Gallery, Feb. 26-Mar. 3, 1900
  • "American Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings"—ParkeBernet Catalogue, Nov. 18, 1965
  • "Colorado Collects Historic Western Art"—Denver Art Museum, Jan 13–April 15, 1973
  • "Worthington Whittredge"—The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 12/8/1989 - 2/12/1990
  • Hunter Museum 6/1990 - 7/1990
  • Corcoran Gallery of Art, 9/8 - 11/4/1990
  • Amon Carter Museum, 3/24/1990 - 5/20/1990
  • "The Painted Sketch: American Impressions From Nature, 1830-1880"—Dallas Museum of Art, 6/14/1998 - 9/13/1998
  • The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 10/11/98 - 1/10/99
  • The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2/6/99 - 5/9/99
  • Reciprocal loans—National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 4/1/2017 - 2/1/2018

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