Greased Lightning

Greased Lightning

1946
Artist
William R. Leigh, American, 1866-1955
Country
United States
Object
painting
Medium
Oil paint on canvas
Accession Number
2001.445
Credit Line
William Sr. and Dorothy Harmsen Collection

William R. Leigh, Greased Lightning, 1946. Oil on canvas; 27 5/8 x 21 5/8 in. William Sr. and Dorothy Harmsen Collection, 2001.445

Dimensions
image height: 27 5/8 in, 70.1675 cm; image width: 21 5/8 in, 54.9275 cm; frame height: 33 1/2 in, 85.0900 cm; frame width: 27 1/4 in, 69.2150 cm; frame depth: 7/8 in, 2.2225 cm
Inscription
Signed at lower right (date and monogram were painted out)
Department
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
Collection
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
Known Provenance
(Mission Gallery), Taos, NM; William and Dorothy Harmsen, Golden, CO, 1967; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 2001.
Exhibition History
  • "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

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