On View
Not on viewObject number1977/8.58
Farm in the Rockies
Artist
Frederick Emanuel Shane
(American, 1906-1992)
Date1946
Mediumlithograph
Dimensionsimage: 7 7/16 × 11 3/4 in. (18.9 × 29.8 cm)
sheet: 12 × 16 5/8 in. (30.5 × 42.2 cm)
mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
sheet: 12 × 16 5/8 in. (30.5 × 42.2 cm)
mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Cornelia Robinson
Exhibition History"36 Regionalist prints from the KIA," Dennos Museum Center (Sept. 8 - Nov. 24, 1996), Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI (May 17 - July 13, 1997), Midland Center for the Arts (Aug. 2 - Sept. 21, 1997).Label TextProfessor of art at the University of Missouri for many years, Fred Shane traveled throughout the Midwest and West in search of subjects for his art. This print shows a small valley in the Colorado Mountains. A farm family gathers hay. Their activities, certainly the center of their attention, are dwarfed by the mountains that surround the farm.