A Friendly Encounter

A Friendly Encounter

c. 1925
Artist
E. Martin Hennings, American, 1886-1956
Born: New Jersey
Work Locations: Taos, NM
Country
United States
Object
painting
Medium
Oil paint on canvas
Accession Number
2014.28
Credit Line
The Roath Collection by exchange; William Sr and Dorothy Harmsen Collection by exchange; funds from Henry Roath, Lanny and Sharon Martin, 2013 Collectors’ Choice, and The Second Decade Fund (as of 1/16/14)

E. Martin Hennings, A Friendly Encounter, about 1925. Oil paint on canvas; 45 3/8 x 50 5/16 in.
Denver Art Museum: The Roath Collection by exchange; William Sr. and Dorothy Harmsen Collection by exchange; funds from Henry Roath, Lanny and Sharon Martin, 2013 Collectors’ Choice, and The Second Decade Fund, 2014.28. © The Estate of E. Martin Hennings

 

Dimensions
frame height: 49 1/2 in, 125.7300 cm; frame width: 54 5/8 in, 138.7475 cm; frame depth: 2 in, 5.0800 cm; canvas height: 45 3/8 in, 115.2525 cm; canvas width: 50 5/16 in, 127.7938 cm
Department
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
Collection
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
This object is currently on view
Known Provenance
(McAdoo Gallery), Santa Fe, NM; Dr. George C. Peck, 1972; The Denver Art Museum, 2013
Exhibition History
  • "Winter Exhibition"—National Academy of Design, New York, 11/12/1929 - 12/1/1929, no. 274.
  • Ohio State Fair, 1930
  • "Twelfth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Painting"—Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1930-1931
  • "Picturesque Images from Taos and Santa Fe"—Denver Art Museum, 1/12/1974 - 3/17/1974
  • "The Taos Society of Artists, Southwestern American Art: Selections from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Peck"—Vero Beach Museum of Art, 11/19/2004 - 2/20/2005
  • "A Place in the Sun: The Southwest Paintings of Walter Ufer and E. Martin Hennings"—Philbrook Museum of Art, 5/29/2016 - 8/28/2016