Julian Onderdonk
Snow in the Rock Quarry

ArtistAmerican, 1882–1922
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Snow in the Rock Quarry
Date1918
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 12 × 16 1/4 in. (30.5 × 41.3 cm)
Frame (outer): 20 × 24 × 2 1/4 in. (50.8 × 61 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Lora Jean Kilroy Accession Endowment
Object number2019.177
Not on view

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Department
American Art
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; descended in the family; Estate of Adrienne Onderdonk, San Antonio; [Meredith Long & Co., Houston, 1976]; William J. Hill Collection, Houston; purchased by MFAH, 2019.
Exhibition History"Exhibition of 31 Canvases by Julian Onderdonk," San Antonio, 1920.

"The Canvases of the Celebrated American Artist, Julian Onderdonk," Temple, Texas, 1925.

"Onderdonk Collection," Galveston, 1927.

"Art Unit of Woman’s Forum Presents Onderdonk Collection," Abilene, Texas, 1927.

Milam Art Galleries, San Antonio, 1929.

"Landscapes, Portraits, and Still Life by the late Julian Onderdonk," San Antonio, 1941.

"Important American Paintings and Works from the Estate of Adrienne Onderdonk," Houston, 1976.

"Julian Onderdonk: A Texas Tradition," Amarillo, Texas; Galveston, Texas; Austin; Dallas; Odessa, Texas; Victoria, Texas; McAllen, Texas; Lubbock, Texas, 1985–86.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed and dated, lower right corner: Jan. 11, 1918 / Julian Onderdonk
Verso: Inscribed with the date
Signed and dated at bottom right corner: Jan. 11. 1918 / Julian Onderdonk
none
Catalogue raisonnéHalff, Harry and Elizabeth. Julian Onderdonk: A Catalogue Raisonne (Houston, Texas: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, distributed by Yale University Press, 2016), cat. 962, plate 39.

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