Rodeo #1
1934
Artist
- Frank Mechau, American, 1904-1946
- Born: Colorado
- Work Locations: Denver, CO, Colorado Springs, CO
Object
painting
Medium
Oil paint on canvas
Accession Number
1972.50
Credit Line
Museum Purchase
Frank Mechau, Rodeo #1, 1934. Oil paint on canvas; 39 x 84 in. Denver Art Museum: Museum Purchase, 1972.50
Dimensions
height: 39 in, 99.0600 cm; width: 84 in, 213.3600 cm
Inscription
Artist signature 'Mechau' lower right corner
Department
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
Collection
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
This object is currently on view
Known Provenance
Artist [1904–1946]; Mrs. Frank Mechau (nee Paula Raska) [1907–2005]; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 1972.
Exhibition History
- “Second Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting” — Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, 11/27/1934 – 1/10/1935
- “Exhibition of Four Guggenheim Fellows” — Midtown Gallery, New York, 1935 (likely March-April)
- “Frank Mechau Memorial Exhibition” — Denver Art Museum, 11/18/1946 – 12/30/1946 (held at the city and county building galleries)
- “Frank Mechau: 1904–1946” — Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, TX, 5/11/1967 – 6/25/1967
- “Frank Mechau Retrospective, 1904–1946” — Denver Art Museum, 6/29/1972 – 8/27/1972
- “Frank Mechau/Artist of Colorado” — Aspen Center for the Visual Arts, 12/13/1981 – 01/24/1982
- University of Colorado Art Gallery, Boulder, 05/05/1982 – 6/15/1982
