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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."
The Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff
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Mohave Point, Grand Canyon, n.d. (no. 134)
Provenance
Artists's Estate
Emery Kolb, Grand Canyon, Arizona
Edith Lehnert, Sedona, Arizona (by descent)
Dr. Griesenbeck, Sedona, Arizona
The Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona, 2010, C2815
Exhibitions
1990 Desert Caballeros Western Museum
Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Wickenburg, Arizona, Gunnar Widforss–Painter of the Parks, October 1–November 25, 1990.
2009 Museum of Northern Arizona
Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona, Gunnar Widforss - Painter of the National Parks, November 20, 2009–June 1, 2010.
2018 Ljungbergmuseet
Ljungbergmuseet, Ljungby, Sweden, Gunnar Widforss - Akvarellmålaren, June 16–September 16, 2018. (Ljungberg, Sjöberg and Petersen 2018), no. 28, as Hopi Point.
Published References
Petersen 2011
Alan Petersen. "Painter of America's National Parks." Plein Air Magazine (West Palm Beach, Florida) (Spring 2011), ill. in color p. 66.
Swedish Press 2011
Swedish Press, November 2011, cover.
Ljungberg, Sjöberg and Petersen 2018
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).