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Plateau Canyon II
Plateau Canyon II

Plateau Canyon II

Artist Walter Thrift American, 1922–1969
Date1960
MediumOil and collage
Dimensions47 1/2 x 59 1/4 in. (120.7 x 150.5 cm)
Frame: 49 x 60 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (124.5 x 154.3 x 4.4 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of the Artist's Gallery, Virginia Beach
Object numberG.62.5.1
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCreated North Carolina, 1960; collection of the artist; given to NCMA by Artist’s Gallery, Virginia Beach, 1960.
Published References24th Annual N.C. Artists Exhibition (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1961), cat. no. 131.

"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 4, nos. 2 & 3 (Winter-Spring 1964), mentioned 7, listed 59.

American Paintings since 1900 from the Permanent Collection (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1967), cat. no. 75, illus. (b-w).

200 Years of the Visual Arts in North Carolina (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1976), cat. no. 54, illus. (b-w).
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "24th Annual N.C. Artists Exhibition," November 30, 1961-January 21, 1962, cat. no. 131.

Fayetteville, NC, Cumberland County Public Library, "Outreach Exhibition," May 1964.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "American Paintings Since 1900 from the Permanent Collection," April 1-23, 1967, cat. no. 75, illus. (b-w).

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "200 Years of the Visual Arts in North Carolina," September 21-October 31, 1976, cat. no. 54, illus. (b-w).
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