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The Big Country
The Big Country

The Big Country

Artist/Maker (United States, 1950 - 2000)
Date1999
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 32 × 48 in. (81.3 × 121.9 cm) frame: 45 3/4 × 61 1/2 in. (116.2 × 156.2 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Terms
    Object numberJL2000.020
    DescriptionInspired by both Glacier-Waterton Parks and the expanse of the lands surrounding them "The Big Country" is a response to the feeling of space and your own diminished importance in a landscape that big. The grizzlies, for the artist, are synonymous with the wild.
    Status
    Not on view
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