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Lot 99

Gary Lawrence Niblett
(born 1943)
Santa Fe Arrival 32 x 44in

8 February 2019, 12:00 PST
Los Angeles

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Gary Lawrence Niblett (born 1943)

Santa Fe Arrival
signed, inscribed and dated '© Gary Niblett '81 CA' (lower right)
oil on canvas
32 x 44in
Painted in 1981.

Footnotes

Provenance
Sale, Western Heritage Sale, Plano, Texas, June 1981, lot 64.
Acquired by the late owner from the above.

Literature
S.H. McGarry, Honoring The Western Tradition: The L.D. "Brink" Brinkman Collection, Kerrville, Texas, 2003, p. 133, illustrated.

In a letter to L.D. Brinkman, the artist wrote of Santa Fe Arrival, "I have always been fascinated with the Santa Fe Trail. Every time I go down to the Plaza in Santa Fe I cannot help but think of how it must have looked a hundred years ago. In this scene I perceived a stagecoach arriving late night in old Santa Fe. The moonlight, plus the play of light from the lantern made it an interesting painting to do."1

1 Gary Niblett, unpublished letter.

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