The Code of the West

John Steuart Curry, artist

1897–1946

The Code of the West, 1923

Portfolio/Series title: published in The Country Gentleman, July 7, 1923

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: oil; canvas

Dimensions:
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 50.8 x 101.6 cm
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 20 x 40 in
Frame Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 23 3/4 x 43 3/4 x 1 1/2 in

Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Ben Hibbs in memory of her husband

Accession number: 1976.0020

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Exhibition Label:
"This Land," Mar-2014, Kate Meyer
Curry’s early commissions included illustrating the first serialization of Zane Grey’s The Code of the West. Grey famously fictionalized life in the Old West, where the cowboy or lawman must maintain social order through a strict sense of personal honor amidst the wilds of
the frontier.

Exhibition Label:
"John Steuart Curry: Agrarian Allegories," Aug-2006, Kate Meyer
After studying briefly at the Kansas City Art Institute and the Art Institute of Chicago, Curry devoted his attention to illustration, earning commissions from Boy’s Life and The Saturday Evening Post. Like his painting The Code of the West, many of Curry’s illustrations from this period depicted western and outdoor scenes of action and drama.