Gunnar Widforss Catalogue Raisonné Project
Catalogue entry
no. 134
Mohave Point, Grand Canyon
Alternate title: Hopi Point
n.d.
Watercolor on paper
27 1/2 x 18 in. (69.9 x 45.7 cm)
Verso: "#50 This is a genuine Gunnar Widforss watercolor left unsigned by the artist. Daniel McDade. Administrator with will annexed."
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Provenance
Artists's Estate
Dr. Griesenbeck, Sedona, Arizona
Exhibitions
Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Wickenburg, Arizona, Gunnar Widforss–Painter of the Parks, October 1–November 25, 1990.
Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona, Gunnar Widforss - Painter of the National Parks, November 20, 2009–June 1, 2010.
Ljungbergmuseet, Ljungby, Sweden, Gunnar Widforss - Akvarellmålaren, June 16–September 16, 2018. (Ljungberg, Sjöberg and Petersen 2018), no. 28, as Hopi Point.
Published References
Alan Petersen. "Painter of America's National Parks." Plein Air Magazine (West Palm Beach, Florida) (Spring 2011), ill. in color p. 66.
Ljungberg, Pontus, Fredrik Sjöberg, and Alan Petersen. Gunnar Widforss - Akvarellmålaren. Lungby: Ljungbergmuseet, 2018. Exhibition catalogue (2018 Ljungbergmuseet), ill. in color p. 35, as Hopi Point.
Notes
Emery Kolb, the original owner, was a Grand Canyon photographer, best known for his photographs of riders on the mule trips that went in to the Canyon. He was a friend of the artist and one of the executors of his estate. Edith Lehnert was his daughter.
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Record last updated September 29, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Petersen, Alan. "Mohave Point, Grand Canyon, n.d. (no. 134)." In Gunnar Widforss Catalogue Raisonné Project. www.gunnarwidforss.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=134 (accessed on April 26, 2024).