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Exhibition History"In Search of Sunsets: The Persistence of Imagery in American Art," Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington, Sept. 11 - Nov. 22, 1992

"Centuries of Fascination: Art About Livestock," Brunnier Gallery and Museum, Ames, July 1 - Nov. 10, 1990

"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collection," organization and circulated by the Waterloo Municipal Galleries, sponsored by the National Bank of Waterloo, (circulated to: Waterloo Municipal Galleries, Oct. 24 - Nov. 20, 1983; Charles H. MacNider Museum, Mason City, Jan. 15 - Feb. 26, 1984; Muscatine Art Center, Apr. 1 - May 13, 1984; Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, May 27 - July 1, 1984; Sioux City Art Center, July 15 - Aug. 26, 1984)

"The Mural Decorations of Edwin H. Blashfield," Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts (co-sponsored by the Williams College Graduate Program in History of Art), April 1 - May 7, 1978
Published ReferencesDES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. p.38, b/w ill. pl.18, p.38

DMAC Bulletin, Oct. 1968, ill.

Prof. H. Wayne Morgan, "Unity and Culture," PELICAN HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, Vol. 4, 1971, ill. no. 14

"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collection, "Waterloo Municipal Galleries, 1983, cat. no.6

Leonard Amico, THE MURAL DECORATIONS OF EDWIN H. BLASHFIELD, Sterling and Fracine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, 1978, cat. no.18, ill. p.30

Richard Willham, CENTURIES OF FASCINATION: ART ABOUT LIVESTOCK, Brunnier Gallery and Museum, Iowa State University, Ames, 1990, b/w ill. p.24
DimensionsOverall: 14 1/4 × 38 1/8 in. (36.2 × 96.8 cm)
Accession Number 1963.4
Classificationspainting
CopyrightPublic Domain
SignedE. H. Blashfield 1905 (l,r oil paint)
InscriptionsIowa (no longer visible on verso because of mounting)
Paper/SupportLinen canvas-mounted on a rigid panel, constructed of two pieces of 1/8" tempered masonite with a core of end-grain balsa wood
ProvenanceArtist. Manuel Ortiz Vaquero, Mexico City. Robert Brady; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 1963]
Westward
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
M. Howland
1851
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
M. Howland
ca. 1862
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Walter Wellington Quirt
1951
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Gardner George Symons
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Ralph Albert Blakelock
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Roy Lichtenstein
1969
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Agnes Pelton
1928
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Jean-Michel Basquiat
1984