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The Venture of Protection
The Venture of Protection

The Venture of Protection

Date1947
Object number47.138
Exhibition HistoryDetroit, Michigan, Detroit Institute of the Arts, 1950. Circuit: East Lansing, Michigan State College, 1950: Albion College, 1950: Bloomfield Hills, Museum of Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1951: Grand Rapids ARt Gallery, 1951: Saginaw Museum, 1951: Flint Institute of Arts, 1951: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, 1951. (1950 - 1951) Anchorage, Alaska, Methodist University of Alaska, "The Artists" 1960 (1960) Pullman, Washington, Museum of Art, Washington State University, "Margaret Tompkins: A Retrospective Exhibition 1943 - To The Present", 1978 (11/20/1977 - 01/20/1978)
Credit LineLowman and Hanford Purchase Prize
Dimensions20 1/2 x 28 1/2 in. (52.1 x 72.4 cm) Overall h.: 32 1/2 in. Overall w.: 40 1/2 in.
MediumEgg tempera and oil with glazes on panel
Photo: Paul Macapia
Paolo Uccello
ca. 1470
Object number: 61.173
Night in Town
1946
Object number: 48.201
Lineage
1948
Object number: 49.212
Photo: Paul Macapia
Master of the Straus Madonna
ca. 1400-10
Object number: 61.161
Wise Men from the East
1948
Object number: 59.170
Photo: Scott Leen
1943
Object number: 43.24
Photo: Rob Vinnedge
1945
Object number: 85.199
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
1945
Object number: 45.52
Photo: Scott Leen
1944
Object number: 45.93
The Spirit of Haida
1966
Object number: 68.226
Untitled #2
1960
Object number: 62.83
Photo: Susan Dirk
Pseudo-Dalmasio
ca. 1330-39
Object number: 61.147