LOT DETAILS

Materials:

gouache on paper

Measurements:

15.00 in. (38.10 cm.) (height) by 27.99 in. (71.10 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'H.F .Farny. 1895.' and inscribed with the artist's device (lower right)--signed and inscribed with the artist's device again and inscribed with title (on the backing board)

Exhibited:

Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Western Scene, October 14-December 14, 1975, no. 13. Palm Springs, California, Palm Springs Desert Museum, The West as Art, Feb 24-May 30, 1982.

Literature:

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Western Scene, exhibition catalogue, Los Angeles, California, 1975, n.p., no. 13, illustrated. D.H. Hoopes, American Watercolor Painting, New York, 1977, p. 56, illustrated. P. Trenton, The West as Art, exhibition catalogue, Palm Springs, California, 1982, n.p., pl. 51, illustrated.

Provenance:

Closson Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio. Private collection, Cincinnati, Ohio, early 1900s. By descent to the present owner.