Northland Open (Sketch for Skagway, ALaska)

Name/Title

Northland Open (Sketch for Skagway, ALaska)

Entry/Object ID

1972.10.1

Description

Scene depicting snow capped mountains on the far side of an expanse of water from a partial view of another mountain. The closest mountain is painted in greens and browns, and the distant mountains are purples, browns, and white in color. The sky is cloudy, light coming from the upper right. It is signed "Byrum" om the lower left corner. This is the preliminary painting sketch for Skagway, Alaska (1967.1.14 ).

Type of Painting

Easel

Acquisition

Accession

1972.10

Acquisition Method

Gift

Notes

Gift of Ray Hart and Charles McGonigle

Made/Created

Artist

Ruthven Holmes Byrum

Time Period

20th Century

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Canvas

Height

18 in

Width

22 in

Dimension Notes

21.75" x 25.75" framed

Color

White, Blue, Purple, Gray, Green, Tan

Exhibition

Snowflakes & Stanzas