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Gunnar Widforss Catalogue Raisonné Project
Catalogue entry
no. 604
Angel's Landing Zion
1923
Watercolor
17 1/2 x 14 in. (44.5 x 35.6 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: Widforss - 1923 -
Private collection, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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Image: Private collector
Provenance
Spanierman Gallery, New York
Private collection, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Published References
American Art News 1923
"Will Paint Zion for Nation." American Art News (New York) XXI:6 (April 7, 1923).Petersen 2013
Alan Petersen. "Letters from Gunnar." Sojourns (Summer 2013), ill. in color p. 30.Notes
Widforss first visited and painted in Zion in March 1923 after receiving a commission from Stephen Mather, first director of the National Park Service. He returned to Zion to paint for a couple of months that summer.
In July, at the North Rim of Grand Canyon, Widforss met the family of Louis and Frances Sands of Glendale Arizona. There, they bought a painting that he had made from Bright Angel Point. Later, they met up with the artist when they visited Zion National Park. These are the three Sands children. Photograph from the artist/s scrapbook.
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Record last updated July 26, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Petersen, Alan. "Angel's Landing Zion, 1923 (no. 604)." In Gunnar Widforss Catalogue Raisonné Project. www.gunnarwidforss.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=604 (accessed on May 8, 2024).