Apache Land

Birth Date-Death Date: c. 1931

Artist

Laverne Nelson Black, American, 1887-1938: Born: Viola, WI

Country

United States

Object

painting

Medium

Oil paint on canvas

Accession Number

2013.126

Credit Line

The Roath Collection

Laverne Nelson Black (American). Apache Land. Oil paint on canvas. The Roath Collection. 2013.126.

Dimensions

height: 30 in, 76.2000 cm; width: 40 in, 101.6000 cm; frame height: 40 1/2 in, 102.8700 cm; frame width: 48 1/2 in, 123.1900 cm

Inscription

Signed lower right: "Laverne Nelson Black"

Department

Petrie Institute of Western American Art

Collection

Petrie Institute of Western American Art

Known Provenance

Santa Fe Railway Company Collection of Southwestern Art, Chicago, IL; (Gerald Peters Gallery), Santa Fe, NM, 1996; "Private Collection", TX, 1997; (Gerald Peters Gallery), Santa Fe, NM; Henry Roath, Denver, CO; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 2013

Exhibition History

"Santa Fe Collection of Soutwestern Art: An Exhibition at Gilcrease Museum"—Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma 9/26/1983 - 11/21/1983
"The American Southwest and its Native People from the Sante Fe Collection of Southwestern Art and the Palm Springs Desert Museum"—Palm Springs Desert Museum, 12/5/1986 - 2/1/1987