Gold Mining, Cripple Creek
1929
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 101.6 × 127.4 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-135357
Ernest Lawson chose to crop the view of Cripple Creek Mining Camp in Colorado so that the craggy mountain overpowers the space. When Lawson came west from New York City, he had trouble with the vastly different landscape, and complained that "he couldn't feel the place, . . . it was too bleak [and] forbidding." He fought against the dizziness and shortness of breath brought on by Colorado's high …
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Henry Ward Ranger through the National Academy of Design
Registry history
- 1929 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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