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Westward, (painting). Artist:  Buff, Conrad, 1886-1975, painter. Title:  Westward, (painting). Other Titles:  Hurricane Pass on the Covered Wagon Trail in Southern Utah, (painting). Westward Ho!, (painting). Dates:  ca. 1933-1934. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  36 x 48 5/16 in. (91.5 x 122.7 cm) Inscription:  (Lower left:) C BUFF signed Description:  Depicts an April 1879 exploration party of the Mormons. In the left foreground, two figures stand atop Hole-in-the-Rock, in the act of lowering a wagon down the steep sloop, by rope. Large cliffs surround them. A line of covered wagons can be seen within the recesses between the cliffs in midground. Subject:  History -- United States -- Westward Expansion History -- United States -- Utah History -- Religion -- Mormon Landscape -- Mountain -- Hole-in-the-Rock Landscape -- Utah Travel -- Land -- Wagon Architecture -- Vehicle -- Wagon Figure group Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90036 Accession Number: 37.23 References:  Fort, Ilene Susan and Michael Quick, "American Art: A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection," Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991, pg. 343. Illustration:  Fort, Ilene Susan and Michael Quick, "American Art: A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection," Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991, pg. 74. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 02960268   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 02960268 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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