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John Steuart Curry: Tornado Over Kansas  wikidata:Q106044093 reasonator:Q106044093
Artist
John Steuart Curry (1897–1946)  wikidata:Q3290532
 
John Steuart Curry
Alternative names
John Curry; John Stewart Curry; John-Stuart Curry; John Stuart Curry
Description American painter and lithographer
Date of birth/death 14 November 1897 Edit this at Wikidata 29 August 1946 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Dunavant Edit this at Wikidata Madison Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q3290532
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Title
Tornado Over Kansas Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Tornado Over Kansas Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Tornado Over Kansas Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Les,"Tornado over Kansas"
label QS:Lfr,"Tornado over Kansas"
label QS:Lml,"ടൊർണാഡോ ഓവർ കൻസാസ്"
label QS:Lzh,"堪萨斯龙卷风"
label QS:Lar,"تورنادو فوق كانساس"
label QS:Lhe,"טורנדו מעל קנזס"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: Painting of a Kansas family taking shelter before an incoming tornado
Date 1929
date QS:P571,+1929-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 117.5 cm (46.2 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 153.3 cm (60.3 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+117.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+153.35U174728
institution QS:P195,Q18342548
Source/Photographer https://muskegonartmuseum.org/mma-permanent-collection/ (original version) https://www.1000museums.com/shop/art/john-steuart-curry-tornado-over-kansas/ (higher resolution version)

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current01:32, 20 March 2025Thumbnail for version as of 01:32, 20 March 20253,687 × 2,801 (6.94 MB)JayCubbyhigher res from same source
04:11, 26 March 2021Thumbnail for version as of 04:11, 26 March 2021768 × 584 (95 KB)GeneralPoxterHigher resolution and better color
02:39, 19 March 2021Thumbnail for version as of 02:39, 19 March 2021527 × 410 (48 KB)GeneralPoxterUploaded a work by John Steuart Curry from https://muskegonartmuseum.org/mma-permanent-collection/ with UploadWizard

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