Lawrence Massacre

Lawrence Massacre

1936
Artist
Ethel Magafan, American, 1916-1993
Born: Chicago, IL
Object
painting
Medium
Gesso on panel
Accession Number
1940.2
Credit Line
Gift of the 1939 New York World's Fair

Ethel Magafan, Lawrence Massacre, 1936. Gesso on panel; 15.625 x 40.188 inches.
Denver Art Museum: Gift of the 1939 New York World’s Fair, 1940.2

Dimensions
height: 15.625 in, 39.6875 cm; width: 40.188 in, 102.0775 cm; frame height: 19 in, 48.26 cm; frame width: 43 3/4 in, 111.125 cm
Department
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
Collection
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
Known Provenance
New York World's Fair, 1939; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 1940.
Exhibition History
  • "Annual Exhibition of American Painters"—Chicago Art Institute, 1937
  • Denver Art Museum and Wichita Art Museum, 1938
  • "American Women Artists, 1830-1930"—National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, 4/18/1987 - 6/14/1987
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art, 7/3/1987 - 8/30/1987
  • Wadsworth Antheneum, Harford, 9/19/1987 - 11/15/1987
  • Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, 12/5/1987 - 1/31/1988
  • San Diego Museum of American Art, 2/20/1988 - 4/17/1988
  • "Time and Place: One Hundred Years of Colorado Women Artists 1900-2000"—Loveland Museum/Gallery, 11/11/2000 - 1/7/2001
  • Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, 1/20/2001 - 5/12/2001