Wide Lands of the Navajo

Wide Lands of the Navajo

1945
Artist
Maynard Dixon, American, 1875-1946
Born: Fresno, CA
Country
United States
Object
painting
Medium
Oil paint on canvas board
Accession Number
2013.100
Credit Line
The Roath Collection

Maynard Dixon, Wide Lands of the Navajo, 1945. Oil on canvas board; 24 x 38 in. The Roath Collection at the Denver Art Museum, 2013.100

Dimensions
height: 24 in, 60.9600 cm; width: 38 in, 96.5200 cm; frame height: 31 in, 78.7400 cm; frame width: 44 1/2 in, 113.0300 cm
Inscription
Signed and dated lower left: "Maynard Dixon / 1945" Signed and titled on reverse: "Wide Lands of the Navaho [sic] / Maynard Dixon / Tucson Ariz"
Department
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
Collection
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
This object is currently on view
Known Provenance
Artist; R.F. McGraw, Carmel, CA; McGraw Collection, Chicago, IL; John Dixon; (Barridoff Galleries), Portland, ME, July 11,1981, lot 83; Irene and Barney Goldberg, Scottsdale, AZ; (Gerald Peters Gallery), Santa Fe, NM, 1996; "Private Collection", TX; (Sotheby's) New York, NY, 1999; (Gerald Peters Gallery), Santa Fe, NM; Henry Roath, Denver, CO, 2006; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 2013
Exhibition History
  • "Desert Dreams: The Art of Maynard Dixon"— Autry Museum of the American West, 4/2/1994 – June 5, 1994
  • "BackStory: Western American Art in Context"—History Colorado, 3/18/2017 - 2/11/2018