Gunfight

Gunfight

c. 1916
Artist
N.C. Wyeth, American, 1882-1945
Country
United States
Object
painting
Medium
Oil paint on canvas
Accession Number
2001.443
Credit Line
William Sr. and Dorothy Harmsen Collection

N. C. Wyeth, Gunfight, about 1916. Oil on canvas; 33 ½ x 24 5/8 in.
William Sr. and Dorothy Harmsen Collection, 2001.443

Dimensions
image height: 33 1/2 in, 85.0900 cm; image width: 24 5/8 in, 62.5475 cm; frame height: 40 3/4 in, 103.5050 cm; frame width: 31 7/8 in, 80.9625 cm; frame depth: 1 1/8 in, 2.8575 cm
Inscription
Bottom right corner
Department
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
Collection
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
This object is currently on view
Known Provenance
(Greenwood Bookshop), Wilmington, DE; William Sr. and Dorothy Harmsen, Golden, CO, 1968; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 2001.
Exhibition History
  • "One Hundred Western Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. William D. Harmsen"—Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, 10/6/1972 - 11/5/1972
  • "N.C.Wyeth's Wild West"—Brandywine River Museum, 9/8/1990 - 11/8/1990
  • "The Harmsen Collection of Western Art: Celebrating the Taos Influence"—Phippen Museum of Western Art, 4/22/1994 - 8/2/1994
  • "The Mythology of the American West"—Musee des beaux-arts, Rouen, 09/28/2007 - 01/07/2008
  • Musee des beaux-arts, Rennes, 02/16/2008 - 05/13/2008
  • Centre de la Vieille-Charite, Marseille, 06/06/2008 - 08/03/2008
  • “The Western: An Epic in Art and Film” — Denver Art Museum, 5/28/2017 – 9/9/2017
  • "Once Upon a Time...The Western: A New Frontier in Art and Film"—Montreal Museum of Fine Art: 10/9/2017 - 1/21/2018

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