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2Λ Ranch, Wyoming, Big Horn Mountains
2Λ Ranch, Wyoming, Big Horn Mountains
2Λ Ranch, Wyoming, Big Horn Mountains

2Λ Ranch, Wyoming, Big Horn Mountains

Artist (American, 1859 - 1953)
Datec. 1912
Mediumoil on paperboard
Dimensions9 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches (24.8 x 34.9 cm)
Frame: 14 1/4 × 18 1/4 × 1 1/4 inches (36.2 × 46.4 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.25.26
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextSharp’s scene of the 2/\ Ranch evokes a story how ranch life thwarted artistic goals for another artist. Sharp visited the ranch where his former art student, Fra Dinwiddie Dana, lived. She had studied art in Cincinnati. When she married Wyoming rancher Edwin L. Dana, she made an agreement with him that she would travel and pursue her art studies part of every year. The demands of ranch life distracted her from her goals. Sketching expeditions with Sharp were her respite from the hard work of ranch life. They gave Sharp an opportunity to study the Wyoming landscape in the company of someone who shared his artistic interests.
ProvenanceJane Hiatt, Taos, New Mexico; purchased by H.J. Lutcher Stark, September 27, 1956; H.J. Lutcher Stark
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