Lot 52: Charles F. Lanman (1819-1895)

Campfire on the Ledge
signed 'Lanman' (lower right)
oil on canvas laid down on board
29 5/8 x 47 3/8 in. (75.2 x 120.3 cm.)

Denver, Colorado, Colorado Historical Society, The Colorado Heritage Center, n.d.

Harmsen Museum of Art, Golden, Colorado.

Property sold to benefit the Denver Art Museum

Painted circa 1830.

Please note that the correct artist for this work is Alexander F. Loemans (1818-1894). The present painting relates to the artist's Indian Breakfast (Mount Hood), n.d., oil on canvas, 19 x 34 1/2 in., private collection, illustrated in Peter H. Hassrick, The Way West: Art of Frontier America, New York, 1977, pp. 130-31.