Tombstone Scene, Oil on Canvas, by Harold Wenck

$985.00

American
1932

Oil on canvas

Height 22" (55.9 cm) x Width 28" (71.1 cm) including period frame

Provenance: Private collection, Tucson, AZ

Harold Edgar Wenck's Tombstone scene depicts a covered wagon moving through a dramatic canyon landscape with steep mesa walls rising on either side, the composition built around the contrast between the small human presence and the scale of the Arizona terrain. The paint is applied in a loose, tonal manner with warm browns and ochres in the rock faces and a pale, hazy sky, consistent with American Western landscape painting of the early 20th century. The work is signed by the artist and dated 1932, and comes from a private collection in Tucson with a period frame intact.

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American
1932

Oil on canvas

Height 22" (55.9 cm) x Width 28" (71.1 cm) including period frame

Provenance: Private collection, Tucson, AZ

Harold Edgar Wenck's Tombstone scene depicts a covered wagon moving through a dramatic canyon landscape with steep mesa walls rising on either side, the composition built around the contrast between the small human presence and the scale of the Arizona terrain. The paint is applied in a loose, tonal manner with warm browns and ochres in the rock faces and a pale, hazy sky, consistent with American Western landscape painting of the early 20th century. The work is signed by the artist and dated 1932, and comes from a private collection in Tucson with a period frame intact.

We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.