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Article: The Corcoran's Wild West Shows; Paintings, Photographs Portray Region's Myth and Magic
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- The Washington Post
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- May 20, 2001
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It's been more than 150 years since Americans heeded the call to
go west and claim the land and riches of the continent for their
country and themselves. With the annexation of California, New Mexico
and all of Texas, they were egged on not only by the discovery of
gold in California in 1848, but by dramatic paintings and photographs
of the natural wonders and endless West.
Some of the paintings and photographs that first informed and
lured them are on display in two new shows at the Corcoran Gallery:
"Painters and the American West: The Anschutz Collection," organized
by the Denver Art Museum, and "Native Land: Photographs From the
Robert G. Lewis Collection," organized by the Corcoran. ...