Innholdsfortegnelse for October 2017/ No.122 i Western Art Collector

As you all know, Western Art Collector is the only monthly magazine dedicated to contemporary and historic Western art. And that is every month, twelve issues a year, filled from front to back with timely and reliable information for Western art collectors. When we plan each issue, the first thing that comes to mind is how to relay as much of this information to you, the collector, in the easiest manner possible. The front of the magazine is filled with quick, one-page news stories of timely happenings in the Western art world. Then we give you a calendar filled with all the important events, then chats with Western curators across the country and finally our feature stories. These stories are either gallery or museum exhibitions that we feel will provide…

The Southeastern Wildlife Exposition, which will be celebrating its 36th year in 2018, has named wildlife painter Kathryn Mapes Turner as the Featured Artist for next year’s show. Her horse painting Unbridled was also named as the featured artwork for the three-day, citywide art and culture event. “It is a deep honor to be selected to be the Featured Artist for this year’s Southeastern Wildlife Exposition,” the artist says from her studio in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. “Having been passionate about painting animals since I was a young girl, this is an unprecedented opportunity for me as an artist. My goal is to create work for the show that expresses my profound respect for the natural world and inspire the viewer to understand the interconnectedness we share.” In describing Unbridled, Turner…

From the producers of Objects of Art Santa Fe and the American Indian Art Show comes a new event, the Objects of Art Los Angeles. Like other iterations of Objects of Art, the Los Angeles version aims to bring together historic and contemporary works and present them along a continuum. With American Indian art, works on paper and canvas, sculpture, jewelry, furniture and books available at a range of price points, the show has a little bit of everything for visitors. “In the past, there was a grand canyon between contemporary material and historic material,” says co-producer Kim Martindale of the event. “Now there’s a valley with a bridge between it connecting them together. Rather than being a strictly antique show, or a strictly contemporary show, our shows are simply…

Eleanor Jones Harvey Senior Curator Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. (202) 633-7970 www.americanart.si.edu What event (gallery show, museum exhibit, etc.) in the next few months are you looking forward to, and why? The Horse in Ancient Greek Art —which will be on view at the National Sporting Library and Museum in Middleburg, Virginia, from September 9 to January 14, 2018, and at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia, from February 17 to July 8, 2018. It’s a major exhibition that takes up the aesthetic and cultural significance of horses in ancient Greece between the Geometric period and 5th century vase painting, with a catalog published by Yale University Press. What are you reading? I am immersed in research on Alexander von Humboldt’s impact on American art…

WESTERN MUSEUM DIRECTORY 501 N. Museum Drive, Cartersville, GA 30120 • (770) 387-1300 • www.boothmuseum.org The world’s largest permanent exhibition space for Western art is in Cartersville, Georgia, at the Booth Western Art Museum. Open since 2003 and located just north of Atlanta along I-75, the Booth is a 120,000-squarefoot architectural wonder— designed as a modern pueblo and constructed from Bulgarian limestone. As an affiliate to the Smithsonian Institution, visitors can See America’s Story—the land, the people, the struggles, the dreams, and the legends in paintings, sculpture, photography and artifacts—through the museum’s permanent collection of Western art, presidential portraits and letters, an extensive display of Civil War art, and Sagebrush Ranch—a hands-on experience and interactive children’s gallery. Since opening, more than half a million people have visited the Booth. The…

1201 W. Pershing Avenue, Stockton, CA 95203 • (209) 940-6300 • www.hagginmuseum.org The Haggin Museum, established in 1931, features rotating art and history exhibits, events and educational programs throughout the year. The museum’s recently reimagined fine art galleries display dozens of paintings by 19th and early-20th century American and European masters, including Jean Béraud, Rosa Bonheur, William Bouguereau, Jean-Léon Gérôme, George Inness, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Notably, breathtaking panoramas of Yosemite Valley— including one once loaned to the White House—are on view by American painter Albert Bierstadt. The Haggin has the largest museum collection of major Bierstadt works. The museum also houses the largest museum collection of original artworks by the “Golden Age” illustrator, J.C. Leyendecker. The newly redesigned gallery features more than 30 pieces of original artwork which includes paintings…

807 Lincoln Avenue, Steamboat Springs, CO 80488 • (970) 879-1755 • www.steamboatartmuseum.org Established in 2006_to collect and preserve fine art, and to present it to the public, with a primary focus on the culture and heritage of northwest Colorado, the Steamboat Art Museum has developed a strong reputation presenting original artwork by living master artists whose work is relevant to the culture and heritage of the West._Past retrospective exhibitors include Clyde Aspevig, Len Chmiel, Jim Norton and Quang Ho, as well as the Plein Air Painters of America national exhibit celebrating the National Park Service. Housed in the iconic Rehder Building in the heart of Steamboat’s Creative District, SAM is completing a 5,000-squarefoot historic rehabilitation to enable large national exhibitions and extensive educational opportunities._The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday…

1925 Woolaroc Ranch Road, Bartlesville, OK 74003 (918) 336-0307 • www.woolaroc.org Woolaroc was founded in 1925 by oilman Frank Phillips, and is a 3,700-acre ranch that has a 50,000-square-foot museum with a collection described by Christie’s of New York as “one of the finest collections of Southwest art in the world.” The museum started out as a hangar in 1929 for the Woolaroc airplane, a plane Frank Phillips sponsored in the Dole Flight from Oakland California to Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1927. Over the years Frank continued to receive gifts, made art acquisitions and the museum grew room by room. Now the Woolaroc has more than 600 paintings, 300 bronzes, 2,300 pieces of Native American art and artifacts. The collection includes a broad representation of paintings by many of the Old…

UPCOMING SHOW Up to 30 works October 6-29, 2017 Manitou Galleries 123 W. Palace Avenue Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 986-0440 Untethered Santa Fe sculptor Liz Wolf uses her surfaces to tell stories, some very personal and others more mythic and magical. In her new show, opening October 6 at Manitou Galleries in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Wolf will bring these storyteller elements into new works, from smaller pieces perfect for pedestals or desks to larger life-size works meant for gardens or courtyards. A number of the new works will be humanlike figures with animal heads, an idea that sprung forth from an unknown part of her creative mind. “Sometimes I don’t even know where these ideas come from. This one just came to me,” she says. “Some people see…

From October 6 to 16, Bentley’s Auction will offer a wide variety of Western memorabilia, including items related to outlaw Billy the Kid and the sheriff who killed him in 1881, Pat Garrett. Historic tintypes, firearms, artifacts and more than 200 other items offered are being deaccessioned from the Old Fort Sumner Museum in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. Intriguing auction lots include three tintypes that have been enclosed for decades in envelopes inscribed: “Billy the Kid Tintype With Jones Boys,” “Pat Garrett Tintype” and “Paco Anaya Tintype.” The images apparently show Billy the Kid, whose given name was William Bonney, and the Jones Boys, a regional gang from the late 1800s. Paco Anaya was one of Bonney’s pallbearers, and the tintype that shows Anaya, and the ghostly faded image of…

OWNER Phil Berkebile Jr. Great American West Gallery Grapevine, TX The American West is completely unique in the history of the world and it has really helped to define our country and our people in the minds of those living outside the United States. The rich history of the American West has so many stories to tell that authors, screenwriters and artists will never run out of material to capture the attention of audiences worldwide. As a gallery owner, art dealer and as a huge fan of the American West, it is a pleasure and a privilege to run a business focused solely on buying and selling original Western art. While Western books and movies entertain us for hours at a time, it is Western art that lives with us…

Each fall thousands of patrons descend on Cartersville, Georgia, for the annual Southeastern Cowboy Festival & Symposium at the Booth Western Art Museum. The four-day festival, which is now in its 15th year, includes art events, gunfight re-enactments, Native American dancing, Cowboy Church and entertainment from Sons of the Pioneers. “This is the largest Westernthemed event in the Southeast, so it always attracts a large crowd of Western art and culture fans,” says the museum’s executive director Seth Hopkins. “Collectors look forward to seeing the work of the featured artist and having a chance to meet them in person. This year’s featured artist is Howard Post, a fan favorite among Booth members.” The Festival & Symposium opens to the public on the afternoon of Thursday, October 26, when members and…

239 Brinton Road, Big Horn, WY 82833 • (307) 672-3173 • www.thebrintonmuseum.org The Brinton Museum, located near Big Horn, Wyoming, is the only museum in the United States that maintains a historic and expanding Western and American Indian art collection on a beautifully preserved historic ranch at the foot of a mountain range. The art, as well as the 620- acre Quarter Circle A Ranch, is an American treasure. The historic grounds are preserved as a gentleman’s working ranch and include the historic Brinton Ranch House, which presents an extensive collection of fine Western art in its original setting. Featuring the tallest rammedearth wall in North America, the new eco-conscious Forrest E. Mars, Jr. Building displays wide-ranging curated seasonal exhibitions as well as iconic Western art, including paintings by Karl…

1700 NE 63rd Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73111 • (405) 478-2250 • www.nationalcowboymuseum.org The National Cowboy & Western_Heritage Museum is America’s premier institution of Western history, art and culture. Founded in 1955, the museum, located in Oklahoma City, collects, preserves and exhibits an internationally renowned collection of Western art and artifacts while sponsoring dynamic educational programs to stimulate interest in the enduring legacy of the American West. More than 10 million visitors from around the world have sought out this unique museum to gain better understanding of the West. The museum features a superb collection of classic and contemporary Western art, and houses a turn-of-the-century town and interactive history galleries that focus on all aspects of Western culture. Outside, beautifully landscaped gardens flank the Children’s Cowboy Corral and interactive children’s…

720 Sheridan Avenue, Cody, WY 82414 (307) 587-4771 • www.centerofthewest.org The Buffalo Bill Center of the West is the largest history, art and nature museum between Minneapolis and the West Coast, encompassing 300,000 square feet. Because it’s located in Cody, Wyoming, a town of 10,000, visitors are stunned when they venture inside. The center’s five museums boast thousands of priceless treasures related to the history, culture, natural science and art of the American West, including masterworks from the 19th century through today from artists like Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Moran, Alfred Jacob Miller, Frederic Remington, Charles M. Russell, and many others along with popular contemporary Western artists. “We here at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West are delighted to partner with Gilcrease Museum of Tulsa, Oklahoma, on an extraordinary exhibition…

4701 Hwy 89 N., Prescott AZ 86301 (928) 778-1385 • www.phippenartmuseum.org The Phippen Museum in Prescott, Arizona, features museum-quality artwork of the American West. Named after local artist and first president of the Cowboy Artists of America, George Phippen, it presents permanent and changing exhibits throughout the year along with ongoing art and heritage programming. In addition, the 17,000 square foot facility also boasts two studio replicas, four galleries, a museum store, multipurpose classroom, research library and four permanent exhibits, including the Bill & Marion Gary Western Heritage Gallery, the Arizona Rancher & Cowboy Hall of Fame, the Solon H. Borglum Collection Room and the Ray Swanson Gallery. “Expansion and growth will be a big part of this coming year for the Phippen Museum... We are all very excited for…

UPCOMING SHOW SHOW LOCATION FREDERICKSBURG, TX Up to 14 works October 6-27, 2017 InSight Gallery 214 W. Main Street Fredericksburg, TX 78624 (830) 997-9920 Hidden corners Painter Mark Haworth has frequently turned his attention to his home state of Texas, but recent developments in his personal life have urged him to focus his eye even closer to a place he treasures, the Big Bend National Park in southwest Texas. “Big Bend is a place I’ve been going since 1981 and it’s just a great place for subject matter, including the high desert and these great mountain scenes—something about the land really draws me to it. The air has a beautiful clean look to it, and the light is wonderful and dramatic, especially during the different times of the year,” Haworth…

As the leaves begin to brown, the Plainsmen Gallery ushers in the autumn season with its annual Fall Harvest show. Featuring more than 75 paintings and sculptures, this year’s show displays works from 25 artists, including John Coleman, Nicholas Coleman, Frank DiVita, Grant Hacking, Hyrum Joe, Terry Smith, Robert Tate, David Yorke and others. DiVita’s bronze Autumn Rising is featured in the show. Describing his process, he says, “Using very common elements, like the free-flowing barbed wire fixed to a fence post that leans in the opposite direction of a bird in flight, helps to give the heavy bronze the illusion of lift, creating a piece of metal that is weightless—‘a bronze that flies.’ Then, the simple blades of grass echoing the sharpness of the tail feathers help to finalize…

One of the hallmarks of the Traditional Cowboy Arts Association is the functionality of the work its artists produce. “Representational art always has a great story to tell, especially Western art. We sometimes speak of our work as compared to sculpture, a three-dimensional art form. But we would recognize that there is a fourth dimension that enters the picture, and that is function,” TCAA member Cary Schwarz says. “Our work represents the same stories and narratives that Western representational art portrays with the added fact that these pieces are the things that appear in paintings. This work not only represents the West, in a sense, they are the West, that is, they are important components of the tangible history of the West, the contemporary West, and they give us clues…

A painting of a cowboy, gun drawn on a horse seemingly in flight within a dusty canyon, by William R. Leigh was expected to be the top lot at the July 29 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction in Reno, Nevada, and it did not disappoint. When bidding finally closed on the lot, titled A Close Call, it had achieved $1,155,000, barely missing its high estimate of $1.2 million, and coming within $40,000 of an artist world record. A close call indeed. “We were very happy with the result on that one,” says auction partner Mike Overby. “It wasn’t a total surprise. We knew it would do well because it is one of Leigh’s best works to come to market in a long time. It was the right size, right subject matter…just…

Birger Sandzén, who traveled to the Rocky Mountains annually from 1908 to 1952, once called Colorado “paradise for a painter.” It’s fitting then that a major Sandzén, A Mountain Symphony, has now found a new home at the Denver Art Museum. The work, painted in 1927, was developed from numerous plein air sketches as Sandzén studied form, visual rhythm and color as he progressed to the larger final work in a single, confident layer of sculptural brushstrokes that emphasized what he called “the sensuous charm peculiar to the oil medium.” “In A Mountain Symphony we see the rich colors and broad strokes that inspired some to refer to him as the ‘American Van Gogh,’” according to the museum. “Here, ‘symphony’ refers to what The American Magazine of Art in 1927…

Oct. 5-7 Cowboy Crossings Oklahoma, OK – (405) 478-2250 Nov. 11 Santa Fe Art Auction Santa Fe, NM – (505) 954-5780 Jan. 3, 2018 WinterWest Symposium Denver, CO – (303) 291-2567 Jan. 3, 2018 Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale Denver, CO – (303) 291-2567 Jan. 20-21, 2018 Brian Lebel’s High Noon Show & Auction Mesa, AZ – (480) 779-9378 Feb. 10, 2018 Masters of the American West Los Angeles, CA – (323) 667-2000 March 3-4, 2018 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market Phoenix, AZ – (602) 252-8840 March 14-16, 2018 Out West Art Show & Sale Great Falls, MT – (406) 899-2958 March 15-17, 2018 The Russell: An Exhibition and Sale to Benefit the C.M. Russell Museum Great Falls, MT – (406) 727-8787 March 15-17, 2018 March in…

WESTERN MUSEUM DIRECTORY 601 East I-40, Amarillo TX 79107 • (806) 376-5181 • www.aqha.com/museum The American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum honors the people and horses who have shaped the American Quarter Horse and Western lifestyle. The highly anticipated America’s Horse in Art Show & Sale takes place every August through October at the museum, bringing together Western artists from around the world. Pieces in the show range from sculpture to scratch board to oils on canvas. The show includes top artists like Jack Sorenson, Edgar Sotelo and Buck Taylor among any others. The 2017 America’s Horse in Art signature artist is Joni Monroe Beinborn. Marlin Rotach won the steel dust award at the opening for his stunning body of water colors submitted to the show. The Steel…

400 13th Street North, Great Falls, MT 59401 • (406) 727-8787 • www.cmrussell.org The C.M. Russell Museum is one of the nation’s finest museums of American Western art and the home of the most complete collection of Russell art and memorabilia in the world. The permanent collection of more than 12,000 objects also includes the works of such well-known artists as O.C. Seltzer, Winold Reiss, J.H. Sharp, E.I. Couse, Olaf Wieghorst, Henry Farny and Frank Tenney Johnson. Also featured are The Bison: American Icon, Heart of Plains Indian Culture and Charles M. Russell: The Legacy of America’s Cowboy Artist. In 1953, the C.M. Russell Museum opened in a small gallery housing the Russell collection of family friend Josephine Trigg. The museum subsequently underwent multiple expansions and now occupies a full…

2820 Rungius Road, Jackson, WY 83001 • (307) 733-5771 • www.wildlifeart.org The National Museum of Wildlife Art, founded in 1987, is a world-class art museum holding more than 5,000 artworks representing wild animals from around the world. Featuring work by prominent artists such as Georgia O’Keeffe, Andy Warhol, Robert Kuhn, John James Audubon, and Carl Rungius, the museum’s unsurpassed permanent collection chronicles much of the history of wildlife in art, from 2500 B.C. to the present. Built into a hillside overlooking the National Elk Refuge, the museum received the designation “National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States” by order of Congress in 2008. Boasting a museum shop, interactive children’s gallery, restaurant and outdoor sculpture trail, the museum is only two-and-a-half miles north of Jackson Town Square, and two…

400 N. Harrison Street, Alpine, TX 79832 (432) 837-8730 • www.museumofthebigbend.com Celebrating 80 years of collecting, preserving and exhibiting the history of the Big Bend region of Texas, the Museum of the Big Bend is the premier location to begin one’s journey into far West Texas. Big Bend Legacy is the perfect start to understanding the vast country that is the Big Bend. Interpretive panels, artifacts from the museum’s collection and informative videos help to inform and enhance the Big Bend experience for all. The Museum of the Big Bend seeks to connect with our community and visitors throughout the year with our dynamic and innovative exhibits that helps to tell the big story of the Big Bend of Texas and the American West.” — Mary Bones, interim director, Museum…

UPCOMING SHOW Up to 50 works Through October 28, 2017 Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery 6872 E. Sunrise Drive, Suite 130 Tucson, AZ 85750 (520) 722-7798 To fully perceive the nuances of Navajo weavings has required thousands of antique Navajo textiles to pass through my hands over the last 25 years. Understanding the uniqueness of certain pieces came after careful examination and reflection allowed a perception of artistic individuality to solidify in my mind. I have heard it takes years to understand modern art; the same adage applies to Navajo weavings. I recognized a small subsection of textiles existed alongside the usual traditional patterns. The Navajo weavings I’m referring to each have a simple but sophisticated set of parameters, bold design sensibilities and unusual color combinations which give them the…

The South is not the most likely nor expected place to find Western art, admits Seth Hopkins, executive director of the Booth Western Art Museum in Cartersville, Georgia. But it’s there, and the number of Western art collectors is growing. “We have collectors who thought they were the only people crazy enough in the South to collect Western art. In some cases, these people lived across the street from each other or in the same neighborhood, and they never knew they had a shared interest,” Hopkins explains. Then, in 2005, the museum started hosting its triennial Western Art South of the Sweet Tea Line exhibitions, designed to bring collectors together in a welcoming and accepting atmosphere, and engagement started going up at the museum. “Suddenly these people started getting so…