Sierra Nevada | Great Basin

The Sierra Nevada | Great Basin Collection surveys the art of the geographic region, allowing our guests the opportunity to explore their visual heritage. In many ways considered the founding collection of the institution, this collection includes Native American baskets, historical oil paintings, photographs, etchings and drawings. Highlights of the collection include works by Maynard Dixon, Lorenzo Latimer, Timothy O’Sullivan, Carleton Watkins, and Edward Weston, as well as contemporary works by Chester Arnold, Chuck Forsman, Tony Foster, and Phyllis Shafer. The Sierra Nevada | Great Basin Collection traces the myriad ways artists have interpreted the region over the past 150 years.

Clockwise from top:

Minerva Pierce, Untitled, Not dated. Watercolor on paper, 6 ½ x 8 ¾ inches. Collection of Nevada Museum of Art.

Robert Cole Caples, Untitled, not dated. Pastel and colored pencil on paper, 17 7/8 x 23 5/8 inches. Collection of Nevada Museum of Art, bequest of Rosemary Riley Caples.

Albert Sheldon Pennoyer, Bucking Snow in the Sierras, circa 1940. Oil on canvas, 29 ½ x 24 1/2 inches. Collection of Nevada Museum of Art, Gift of Ella M. Savitt.

Phyllis Shafer, Hope Valley Morning, 2007. Oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches. Collection of Nevada Museum of Art, Purchased by friends and family in honor of the late Phillip Miller.

Panamint Shoshone (Artist unknown), Untitled, circa 1930. Devil's Claw, willow, and quill, 5 ¾ x 9 ½ inches. Collection of Nevada Museum of Art.