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Painter:
Dixon, Maynard 1875-1946  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Phoenix Art Museum 1625 North Central Avenue Phoenix Arizona 85004 Accession Number: 1980.27
Date:
1944-1945
Notes:
"Phoenix Art Museum: Collection Highlights," New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with Phoenix Art Museum, 2002, no. 50.
Smith, Thomas Brent, "A Place of Refuge: Maynard Dixon's Arizona," Tucson, AZ: Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block, 2008, pg. 146.
Summary:
View looking toward a small cabin on the edge of a deep canyon, with a shaded desert landscape in the foreground dotted with rocks and tufts dry grass. Beyond are jagged mountains bathed in sunlight, and overhead the blue-green sky is streaked with wispy clouds.
Topic:
Landscape--Desert  Search this
Landscape--Mountain  Search this
Landscape--Canyon  Search this
Architecture exterior--Domestic--House  Search this
Control number:
IAP 01080154
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_405969