Moving Camp

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Artist Newell Convers Wyeth (American, 1882–1945)American, 1882–1945

CultureAmerican

Titles

Moving Camp

Date1908

PlaceUnited States

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 36 1/4 × 26 1/8 in. (92.1 × 66.4 cm)
Frame: 43 3/4 × 33 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (111.1 × 85.7 × 7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Mullin

Object number59.25

Not on view

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Department

American Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Mullin, Corpus Christi, Texas, until donated to the museum on December 22, 1959.
Exhibition History"Western Art," Art Center, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, Michigan, February 17–March 20 1967.

Sakowitz, Houston, Sepembert 28, 1973.

City of Houston, Office of the Mayor, November 1, 1979.

"The Western World of N.C. Wyeth," Buffalo Bill Historical Center of the West, Cody, Wyoming, May 1–September 30, 1980.

"N.C. Wyeth's Wild West," Brandywine River Museum of the Brandywine Conservancy, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, September 8–November 18, 1990; Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine, December 6, 1990–February 5, 1991; Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, February 15–April 7, 1991.

"The Modern West: American Landscapes, 1890 - 1950," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 29, 2006–January 28, 2007; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, March 4– June 3, 2007.

"Art Across America," National Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea, February 4–May 19, 2013; Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea, June 17–September 1, 2013.

"America: Painting a Nation," Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, November 8, 2013–February 9, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed recto lower right, "N.C. WYETH" (underlined)

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