South to Wagontire
Charles Heaney, South to Wagontire, 1951, oil on board, Museum Purchase: Caroline Ladd Pratt Fund, © artist or other rights holder, 52.53
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- Title
South to Wagontire
- Artist
- Date
1951
- Medium
oil on board
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
frame: 20 5/8 in x 30 5/8 in x 1 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
signature; date: HEANEY - 51, brushed, lower right
- Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary Art; Northwest Art
- Category
Paintings
- Object Type
painting
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Caroline Ladd Pratt Fund
- Accession Number
52.53
- Copyright
© artist or other rights holder
- Terms
- Place Made
Created in and depicts: Oregon
- Related Places
Depicts: Wagontire
Charles Heaney began visiting eastern Oregon and Nevada in the late 1920s. The spare beauty of the terrain immediately captivated him. The vast spaces of this high desert country, where soil is stretched thin over the bones of the earth, were to become one of the dominant themes in his paintings.
- Exhibitions
2013 Object Stories Portland Art Museum
