Cowboy: Study for Cowboys in the Badlands

Cowboy: Study for Cowboys in the Badlands

c. 1887
Artist
Thomas Eakins, American, 1844-1916
Born: Philadelphia, PA
Country
United States
Object
painting
Medium
Oil on canvas on panel
Accession Number
2008.490
Credit Line
William Sr. and Dorothy Harmsen Collection, by exchange

Thomas Eakins, Cowboy: Study for Cowboys in the Badlands, 1887. Oil on canvas; 20.17 x 24.17 in.
Funds from William Sr. and Dorothy Harmsen Collection by exchange, 2008.490

Dimensions
frame height: 26 1/4 in, 66.6750 cm; frame width: 30 1/4 in, 76.8350 cm; frame depth: 1 1/2 in, 3.8100 cm; image height: 20.17 in, 51.2318 cm; image width: 24.17 in, 61.3918 cm
Inscription
Unsigned; inscribed lower right by Mrs. Eakins: Study for picture/ 'Cow Boys in Bad Lands'/ Eakins
Department
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
Collection
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
This object is currently on view
Known Provenance
Mrs. Thomas Eakins and Miss Mary Adeline Williams; Gifted to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1930; Denver Art Museum, 2008
Exhibition History
  • Eakins Memorial Exhibition—Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, 1917-1918, no. 5
  • Eakins Exhibition—Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1930, no. 128
  • Eakins Centennial—Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1944, no. 58
  • "BackStory: Western American Art in Context"—History Colorado, 3/18/2017 - 2/11/2018