The Scalplock
c. 1850
Artist
- Alfred Jacob Miller, American, 1810-1874
- Born: Baltimore, MD
Country
United States
Object
painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Accession Number
2001.459
Credit Line
William Sr. and Dorothy Harmsen Collection
Alfred Jacob Miller, The Scalplock, about 1850. Oil on canvas; 35 x 27 1/4 in.
Denver Art Museum: William Sr. and Dorothy Harmsen Collection, 2001.459
Dimensions
image height: 35 in, 88.9000 cm; image width: 27 1/4 in, 69.2150 cm; frame height: 45 in, 114.3000 cm; frame width: 37 in, 93.9800 cm; frame depth: 3 in, 7.6200 cm
Inscription
No signature is evident
Department
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
Collection
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
This object is currently on view
Known Provenance
(Kennedy Galleries, Inc.), New York, NY; William Sr. and Dorothy Harmsen, Golden, CO, 1971; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 2001.
Exhibition History
- "Colorado Collects Historic Western Art"—Denver Art Museum, Jan 13–April 15, 1973
- "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
- "BackStory: Western American Art in Context"—History Colorado, 3/18/2017 - 2/11/2018
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