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Mountain Merry-Go-Round

Mountain Merry-Go-Round

1938

Peggy Strong

American, 1912-1956

Oil on canvas
23 3/4 x 33 3/4 in. (60.3 x 85.7 cm)
Overall h.: 76.2 cm
Overall w.: 101.2825 cm
West Seattle Art Club, Katherine B. Baker Memorial Purchase Prize in oil
38.31
Provenance: The artist; purchased by Seattle Art Museum (Katherine B. Baker Memorial Purchase Prize in Oil), October 5, 1938
location
Not currently on view

Resources

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 1985
Published 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.

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