Art of the Gold Rush

Copublished by the Oakland Museum of California, the Crocker Art Museum, and the University of California Press.

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Exhibition Schedule

OAKLAND MUSEUM of CALIFORNIA

Oakland, California

24 January–31 May 1998

CROCKER ART MUSEUM

Sacramento, California

21 June–13 September 1998

NATIONAL MUSEUM of AMERICAN ART

Smithsonian Institution

Washington, D.C.

30 October 1998–7 March 1999

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Driesbach, Janice Tolhurst.

Art of the gold rush / by Janice T. Driesbach, Harvey L. Jones, and Katherine Church Holland.

p. cm.

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, Calif., Jan. 24–May 31, 1998; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, Calif., June 21–Sept. 13, 1998; National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Oct. 30, 1998–Mar. 7, 1999.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-520-21432-3 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Art, American—California—Exhibitions. 2. Art, Modern—19th century—California—Exhibitions.

3. Gold mines and mining in art. 4. California—Gold discoveries—Pictorial works—Exhibitions. I. Jones, Harvey L. II. Holland, Katherine Church. III. Oakland Museum.

IV. Crocker Art Museum. V. National Museum of American Art (U.S.) VI. Title.

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EXHIBITION CURATORS: Janice T. Driesbach and Harvey L. Jones

EDITOR: Frances Bowles

DESIGNER: Gordon Chun Design, Berkeley, California

COVER IMAGE: Charles Christian Nahl, Sunday Morning in the Mines, 1872, fig. 81

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