Lot Essay
This work retains its original frame.
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Property Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Petrie Institute of Western American Art at the Denver Art Museum
Gerard Curtis Delano (1890-1972)
Friend or Foe?
Details
Gerard Curtis Delano (1890-1972)
Friend or Foe?
signed '© Delano' and inscribed with the artist's device (lower right)--also bears artist's stamp (on the reverse)
oil on board
22 x 40 in. (55.9 x 101.6 cm.)
Friend or Foe?
signed '© Delano' and inscribed with the artist's device (lower right)--also bears artist's stamp (on the reverse)
oil on board
22 x 40 in. (55.9 x 101.6 cm.)
Provenance
Antiques La France, Denver, Colorado.
William and Dorothy Harmsen Collection, Denver, Colorado, acquired from the above, 1968.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 2001.
William and Dorothy Harmsen Collection, Denver, Colorado, acquired from the above, 1968.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 2001.
Literature
D. Harmsen, Harmsen's Western Americana, Denver, Colorado, 1978, pp. 62-63, illustrated.
Exhibited
Augusta, California, Morris Museum of Art, and elsewhere, The West in American Art: From the Bill and Dorothy Harmsen Collection of American Art, May 28-July 19, 1998.
Denver, Colorado, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, Harmsen Western Art Exhibit, February-December 2000.
Craig, Colorado, Museum of Northwest Colorado, Passing of the Old West, May 15, 2010-December 31, 2011.
Denver, Colorado, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, Harmsen Western Art Exhibit, February-December 2000.
Craig, Colorado, Museum of Northwest Colorado, Passing of the Old West, May 15, 2010-December 31, 2011.