LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

25.24 in. (64.10 cm.) (height) by 32.28 in. (82.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'Dunton' (lower left)

Exhibited:

Amarillo, Texas, Herring Hotel, 1930. Canyon, Texas, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, and elsewhere, W. Herbert Dunton: A Retrospective, June 28-September 15, 1991, no. 45. Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gilcrease Museum, and elsewhere, Taos Artists and Their Patrons, 1898-1950, May 16-July 18, 1999.

Literature:

J. Schimmel, The Art and Life of W.H. Dunton, Austin, Texas, 1984, pp. 161, 222. M.R. Grauer, "W. Herbert 'Buck' Dunton," Southwest Art, July 1991, p. 58, illustrated (as In Cattle Land). M.R. Grauer, W. Herbert Dunton: A Retrospective, exhibition catalogue, Amarillo, Texas, 1991, n.p., pl. VI, illustrated. Snite Museum of Art, Taos Artists and Their Patrons, 1898-1950, exhibition catalogue, South Bend, Indiana, 1999, pp. 157, 160, no. 126, illustrated.

Provenance:

W.L. Moody, Galveston, Texas, circa 1930. Gordon Rupe, circa 1945. Fenn Galleries, Ltd., Santa Fe, New Mexico. Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1985.