Birger Sandzen (Swedish-American, 1871-1954) Abandoned Mine, Colorado, 1949 Oil on panel 20" x 24" An appealing Colorado vista from Sandzen's later period. Throughout his career, Sandzen maintained a fascination with the abandoned buildings and ghost towns of Colorado, documenting old mining sites from Leadville to Central City. According to the Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, the artist's focus in Colorado during this period was on the Rocky Mountains' Front Range, and that is presumably where this scene is taken from as well. Signed to the bottom right, titled and dated in pencil to the reverse of the board, alongside a "VI i" Greenough Collection catalog code. Presented in a frame that measures 28 1/2" x 32 1/2". Provenance: From the corporate art collection of a Kansas City based Fortune 500 company, thence from the American Legacy Gallery in Kansas City, MO, thence from Margaret Sandzen-Greenough, daughter of Birger Sandzen. Our gratitude to the Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery for their assistance in the authentication process. Very good and stable condition, noting only very mild cracking in the white impasto pigments. No in-painting or over-painting, repairs, losses, or other issues noted under blacklight inspection.