Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) Wolf; Pueblo Gate of Taos; The Kentuckian; The Departure; Prong Horns (a group of five) first, second, third, and fourth 5 1/4 x 3 1/2in; fifth sight 3 1/2 x 5in
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Maynard Dixon (1875-1946)
Wolf; Pueblo Gate of Taos; The Kentuckian; The Departure; Prong Horns (a group of five)
first, second, third and fourth signed 'MD' (lower right); fifth signed 'MD' (lower left); and first inscribed with number '308'; second '365'; third indistinctly inscribed '3[..]6'; and fourth '397' (lower left)
ink on paper
first, second, third, and fourth 5 1/4 x 3 1/2in; fifth sight 3 1/2 x 5in
Sold for US$ 19,120 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance:
    Wortsman Rowe Galleries, Inc., San Francisco, California (first, second, third, and fourth)
    Property from the Estate of Betty Semich, Northern California

    Illustration:
    Francis Parkman, 'The Oregon Trail', edited from his notebooks by Mason Wade and illustrated by Maynard Dixon. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1943, ill. p.6, 212, 238, 254, 283.

    Note:
    Maynard Dixon accepted a commission for the Limited Editions Club's publication of The Oregon Trail, by Francis Parkman, which included seventy pen and ink drawings and watercolors.

Category: Fine Art / California and Western Paintings

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