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Cloud Drift and Prairie
Cloud Drift and Prairie
Cloud Drift and Prairie

Cloud Drift and Prairie

Artist (American, 1875 - 1946)
Date1940
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions30 × 40 inches (76.2 × 101.6 cm)
Frame: 39 5/8 × 49 5/8 × 2 1/2 inches (100.6 × 126 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LinePurchase of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 1997
Object number31.235.1
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextIn Maynard Dixon’s painting, the dramatic sky fills two-thirds of the picture plane, emphasizing the geographic expanse of the West. The artist composed the landscape as a series of repeating horizontal bands. They stretch across the picture plane with no boundaries, creating an idea of the immensity of the West.
ProvenanceArtist; (Grump's Gallery, San Francisco, California); purchased 1940 by Dr. R.V.A. Lee, Palo Alto, California; by descent in Dr. Lee's family; 1997 (Owings - Dewwy Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico); purchased July 8, 1997 through by the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
On View
On view
Apache Plunder
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1944
Summer Clouds, New Mexico
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Work Horses
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Fall Aspens
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