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Bison and Tulip
Bison and Tulip

Bison and Tulip

Date1994
Maker Gaylen Hansen American, born 1921
Object number2010.31.8
ProvenanceArtist to Linda Hodges Gallery 1994, sold April 1995, to Safeco Corporate Art Collection, Washington Art Consortium, December 2009; Seattle Art Museum, November, 2010
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Wright Exhibition Space, A Continuing Cultural Gift: Selections from the Safeco Collection's contribution to the Washington Art Consortium, April - June 2010. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Poke in the Eye: Art of the West Coast Counterculture, June 21 - September 2, 2024.Published ReferencesA Continuing Cultural Gift: Washington Art Consortium, Safeco Insurance Art Collection, 2010. Hackett, Regina, Another Bouncing Ball, Time Capsule of Seattle Art, June 16, 2010.
Credit LineGift of Safeco Insurance, a member of the Liberty Mutual Group, and Washington Art Consortium
Dimensions63 x 73 in. (160 x 185.4 cm)
MediumOil on canvas
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