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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Coulee Dam Construction: Skip Way and Grout Shed
Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Coulee Dam Construction: Skip Way and Grout Shed

Date1939
Maker Z. Vanessa Helder American, 1904-1968
Object number39.54
Provenancethe artist; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1939
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Early Modern Art of Northwest Artists, Jan. 12, 1993 - Oct. 1, 1993. No catalogue. Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art Museum, Austere Beauty: The Art of Z. Vanessa Helder, July 27 - Oct. 20, 2013 (Houston, Texas, O'Kane Gallery, Universiy of Houston-Downtown, Jan. 23 - Mar. 6, 2014). Text by Margaret E. Bullock and David F. Martin. No cat. no., reproduced pl. 35, p. 104. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, American Art: The Stories We Carry, Oct. 20, 2022 – ongoing [object on view Oct. 20, 2022 - Nov. 13, 2023].
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions18 1/4 x 14 7/8 in. Framed: 30 1/4" x 27 3/4"
MediumTransparent watercolor
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