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Mountain Merry-Go-Round
Mountain Merry-Go-Round

Mountain Merry-Go-Round

Date1938
Object number38.31
ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by Seattle Art Museum (Katherine B. Baker Memorial Purchase Prize in Oil), October 5, 1938
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "24th Annual Exhibition Of Northwest Artists", 1938 Puyallup, Washington, Western Washington Fair, "Contemporary American Painting", 1941 Boise, Idaho, Boise Art Association, "Northwest Artists", November 1941 Tacoma, Washington, College of Puget Sound, Tacoma Art League, "Peggy Strong Memorial Exhibition", 1956 Anchorage, Alaska, Methodist University of Alaska, "The Artists" 1960 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Katherine B. Baker 75th Anniversary Exhibition", April 1985Published ReferencesCity of Tacoma, "City of Destiny." Tacoma: City of Tacoma, summer 1939, illus. p. 5 Moore, Mrs. French. "A Reply to Critic of Modern Art and Art Judges," in The Seattle Times, December 22, 1946, rotogravure page 3, illus. "The Artists" catalogue / pamphlet. Ancorage: Alaska Methodist University, 1960 Rader, Chris, "Wenatchee Mural Painter Was Resilient," The Confluence, Publicaton of Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center, 40, no. 1, (Spring 2024): pp. 12-13, b&w reproduction pp. 13.
Credit LineWest Seattle Art Club, Katherine B. Baker Memorial Purchase Prize in oil
Dimensions23 3/4 x 33 3/4 in. (60.3 x 85.7 cm) Overall h.: 76.2 cm Overall w.: 101.2825 cm
MediumOil on canvas
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