Rodman Petroleum Explorations, Wyoming
Date1946
Artist
Peter Hurd
(American painter, printmaker, and author, 1904–1984)
MediumWatercolor on paper
Dimensionssheet: 4 3/4 × 6 3/4 in. (12.1 × 17.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Esso Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, 1952
Object number1952-1.3
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis drawing is related to Hurd's work for the Standard Oil Company's project entitled "Oil," for which the company commissioned several artists to create scenes of the industry's activities. Hurd's assignment was to depict geologists at work in Wyoming and Utah. Standard Oil promoted the resulting collection as an artistic and educational project; the works, and their traveling exhibition, also served as an advertisement.
