Property from the ANSCHUTZ COLLECTION
WALTER UFER (1876-1936)
Details
WALTER UFER (1876-1936)
Builders of the Desert
signed W Ufer, l.r.--signed again and inscribed on the stretcher--oil on canvas
50¼ x 50¼in. (127.6 x 127.6cm.)
Builders of the Desert
signed W Ufer, l.r.--signed again and inscribed on the stretcher--oil on canvas
50¼ x 50¼in. (127.6 x 127.6cm.)
Provenance
Grand Central Art Galleries, New York
Howard C. Alley & John E. D. Trask, Inc., New York
Private collection
Art Gallery, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame
Private collection
New York, Christie's (Sale: Oct. 16, 1982, lot 14)
Howard C. Alley & John E. D. Trask, Inc., New York
Private collection
Art Gallery, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame
Private collection
New York, Christie's (Sale: Oct. 16, 1982, lot 14)
Literature
Elizabeth Cunningham, "Taos Reflects", Artists of the Rockies and the Golden West, 1984, p. 109
"Masterpieces of the American West: The Anschutz Collection - A Visual Aampler", Southwest Art, October 1985, p. 89
"Masterpieces of the American West: The Anschutz Collection - A Visual Aampler", Southwest Art, October 1985, p. 89
Exhibited
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 119th Annual Exhibition, Feb.-Mar. 1924, no. 70, illus.
Chicago, Art Insitute of Chicago, 37th Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture, Oct.-Dec. 1924, no. 208
Phoenix, Phoenix Art Museum and Western Art Associates, Ufer in Retrospective, Oct.-Dec. 1970, no. 3
Columbus, Columbus Museum of Art, Masterpieces of the American West: Selections from the Anschutz Collection, Dec. 1984-Jan. 1985, no. 72. (This exhibition travelled to Corning, The Rockwell Museum, July-Sept. 1985; Honolulu, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Mar.-May 1986; Memphis, Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Mar.-April 1984; New Orleans, New Orleans Museum of Art, May-July 1984; New York, American Museum of Natural History, Nov. 1985-Feb. 1986; Palm Beach, Society of the Four Arts, Jan.-Feb. 1984; Portland, Portrand Museum of Art, Sept.-Nov. 1985; Palm Springs, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Nov.-Dec. 1983; and Tucson, Tucson Museum of Art, Feb.-April 1985).
Palm Springs, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Selections from the Anschutz Collection, April-June 1988
Palm Springs, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Modern View of the West, Sept.-Oct. 1988
Chicago, Art Insitute of Chicago, 37th Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture, Oct.-Dec. 1924, no. 208
Phoenix, Phoenix Art Museum and Western Art Associates, Ufer in Retrospective, Oct.-Dec. 1970, no. 3
Columbus, Columbus Museum of Art, Masterpieces of the American West: Selections from the Anschutz Collection, Dec. 1984-Jan. 1985, no. 72. (This exhibition travelled to Corning, The Rockwell Museum, July-Sept. 1985; Honolulu, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Mar.-May 1986; Memphis, Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Mar.-April 1984; New Orleans, New Orleans Museum of Art, May-July 1984; New York, American Museum of Natural History, Nov. 1985-Feb. 1986; Palm Beach, Society of the Four Arts, Jan.-Feb. 1984; Portland, Portrand Museum of Art, Sept.-Nov. 1985; Palm Springs, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Nov.-Dec. 1983; and Tucson, Tucson Museum of Art, Feb.-April 1985).
Palm Springs, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Selections from the Anschutz Collection, April-June 1988
Palm Springs, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Modern View of the West, Sept.-Oct. 1988