The Venture of Protection

Date1947

Maker Margaret Tomkins American, 1916 - 2002

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