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Harvest by Louise Harrington Emerson Ronnebeck
Photo CreditPhoto courtesy of Page Conservation, Inc.
Harvest
Photo CreditPhoto courtesy of Page Conservation, Inc.

Harvest

Artist
Year1940
Classification painting
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions70 1/2 x 93 x 1 in. (179.1 x 236.2 x 2.5 cm)
Credits Commissioned through the Section of Fine Arts, 1934 - 1943
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Location
  • In the foreground a farmer and his wife are gathering peaches (for which this area is known).  On the right is depicted the departure of the Ute Indians who are pressed onward by the early white settlers shown at the left of the mural.  The waterwheel is a symbol of the introduction of irrigration which brought richness to the land.  In the background are the mesas characteristic of western Colorado.