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Painted circa 1830.
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Property sold to benefit the Denver Art Museum
Charles F. Lanman (1819-1895)
Campfire on the Ledge
Details
Charles F. Lanman (1819-1895)
Campfire on the Ledge
signed 'Lanman' (lower right)
oil on canvas laid down on board
29 5/8 x 47 3/8 in. (75.2 x 120.3 cm.)
Campfire on the Ledge
signed 'Lanman' (lower right)
oil on canvas laid down on board
29 5/8 x 47 3/8 in. (75.2 x 120.3 cm.)
Provenance
Harmsen Museum of Art, Golden, Colorado.
Exhibited
Denver, Colorado, Colorado Historical Society, The Colorado Heritage Center, n.d.
Sale room notice
Please note that the correct artist for this work is Alexander F. Loemans (1818-1894). The present painting relates to the artist's Indian Breakfast (Mount Hood), n.d., oil on canvas, 19 x 34½ in., private collection, illustrated in Peter H. Hassrick, The Way West: Art of Frontier America, New York, 1977, pp. 130-31.