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Gunnar Widforss Catalogue Raisonné Project
Catalogue entry
no. 98
San Francisco Peaks, Arizona
1932
Watercolor on paper
20 x 25 in. (50.8 x 63.5 cm)
Signed lower left: Widforss –
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Image: Museum of Northern Arizona
Provenance
George Westinghouse III, 1933
Peter Simpson, grandson of George Westinghouse III
Bonham's & Butterfield's, 2008
The Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona, 2008
Exhibitions
1932 Museum of Northern Arizona
Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona, Arizona Artists and Craftsmen Fourth Annual Exhibition, 1932.2009 Museum of Northern Arizona
Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona, Gunnar Widforss - Painter of the National Parks, November 20, 2009–June 1, 2010.Published References
Fillmore 2012
Gary Fillmore. Shadows on the Mesa - Artists of the Painted Desert and Beyond. Atglen: Schiffer Publishing, 2012, ill. in color.Notes
Dan McDade told Bill and Frances Belknap that Arizona Senator Carl Hayden commissioned Widforss to do two paintings of the San Francisco Peaks. Museum of Northern Arizona archives.
Signed and titled on an exhibition label from the 1932 Arizona Artists and Crafts Fourth Annual Exhibition on back. Widforss won a second prize for the painting at the exhibition and first prize for the People's Choice. The registration tag was completed by Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton, one of the founders of the Museum of Northern Arizona
Record last updated April 22, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Petersen, Alan. "San Francisco Peaks, Arizona, 1932 (no. 98)." In Gunnar Widforss Catalogue Raisonné Project. www.gunnarwidforss.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=98 (accessed on April 26, 2024).