
This auction has ended. View lot details
You may also be interested in
Douglas Van Howd(born 1935)Dall Sheep Ram 11 1/4in high
Sold for US$6,950 inc. premium
Looking for a similar item?
Our California Art specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.
Find your local specialistAsk about this lot


Aaron Bastian
Director

Kathy Wong
Senior Director, Fine Art
Douglas Van Howd (born 1935)
inscribed '© Van Howd 2/24' (on the underside)
cast silver on a petrified wood base
11 1/4in high
Footnotes
Literature
S.H. McGarry, Honoring The Western Tradition: The L.D. "Brink" Brinkman Collection, Kerrville, Texas, 2003, p. 279, 297, 303, half page color illustration.
The artist once wrote to L.D. Brinkman while discussing his silver pieces, which included the present work and other models, such as Polar Bear and Rocky Mountain Goat:
"The silver pieces came about as a result of having my own foundry and experimenting with the casting of different metals. I wanted to sculpt all of the white animals and birds in uniqueness of the previous metal combined with the base of semi-precious stone. I thought it would be an exciting series."1
1 Douglas Van Howd, unpublished letter, n.d.




















