Signed and Dated Maynard Dixon,Utah Oct 1944,lower left

Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by Hubert and Mabel Richardson,owners of Cameron Trading Post. Sold to Sherman and Mary Favour Hazeltine,Prescott,Arizona.  Passed through family descent in 2005 to private collector,Scottsdale,Arizona.Maynard Dixon's mentor,Charles Lummis,encouraged Dixon early in his painting career to leave California and "travel East to see the real West"".  Dixon did just that,traveling the many roads that crisscrossed the West: Montana,Utah,Nevada,Arizona,and New Mexico. Lasting weeks,to even months,these trips provided Dixon with the inspiration to create. He was forever drawn to the vistas and peoples inhabiting these remote western lands.Utah was one of Dixon’s favorite places to escape the Arizona heat.  He traveled throughout Utah capturing its majestic beauty. Bright Morning is of Diana’s Throne in Mt. Carmel,Utah where Dixon’s studio was at the time.“He loved the light and found the Mormon people gracious and kind.   Given his love for Utah,it seems fitting that Provo's Brigham Young University has the largest museum collection of Maynard Dixon lifework paintings. Most of the Utah paintings are from 1933 through 1945.  The paintings Dixon did of Utah show the stark dichotomy of the state's terrain. While there are many landscapes of harsh,unforgiving land,Dixon also captured serene,mountain meadows.”   Dr.  J. Mark Sublette"