The Open Range

The Open Range

1914
Artist
William Herbert Dunton, American, 1878-1936
Born: Augusta, ME
Country
United States
Object
painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Accession Number
2013.94
Credit Line
The Roath Collection

William Herbert Dunton, The Open Range, 1914. Oil paint on canvas; 26 x 39 in. Roath Collection at the Denver Art Museum, 2013.94

Dimensions
frame height: 33 3/4 in, 85.725 cm; frame width: 46 3/4 in, 118.745 cm; frame depth: 1 1/2 in, 3.81 cm; height: 26 in, 66.0400 cm; width: 39 in, 99.0600 cm; sight height: 25 3/4 in, 65.405 cm; sight width: 38 1/2 in, 97.79 cm
Inscription
Signed and dated lower right: "W. Herbert Dunton / ©’14"
Department
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
Collection
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
This object is currently on view
Known Provenance
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., Los Angeles, CA; Arthur H. Hahlo & Co., New York, NY (Sotheby Park Bernet, Los Angeles, 1973); Private Collection, New York; (Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM); Henry Roath, Denver, CO; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 2013.
Exhibition History
  • "Paintings of the Old West"—Exhibition and Auction held during the Convention of the Panhandle Cattlemen’s Association, El Paso, Texas, 1914, no. 20.
  • "Tenth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists"—City Art Museum, St. Louis, 9/1915, no. 47.
  • "Paintings of the West"—E.C. Babcock Art Galleries, New York, 1920
  • "Reflections of the West Exhibition"—Jim Fowler’s Period Gallery West, 10/22/1976 - 11/9/1976
  • "W. Herbert Dunton: A Retrospective"—Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, 6/28/1991 - 9/15/1991
  • Buffalo Bill Historical Center, 9/28/1991 - 11/30/1991
  • Eiteljorg Museum of American and Western Art, 12/21/1991 - 2/15/1992
  • Palm Springs Desert Museum, 3/7/1992 - 5/3/1992
  • The Rockwell Museum, 5/23/1992 - 7/18/1992, no. 19.
  • "America, Land of Horsemen"—Fomento Cultural Banamex A.C., 4/10/2018 - 9/2/2018
  • Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda, 11/7/2018 - 3/10/2019