Dan Smith Original 1891 Watercolor Western Painting

 

Original 1891 watercolor painting by noted western illustrator Dan Smith. The image measures 15" by 10"; the frame is 22 3/4" by 18". The matting is in an unusual shape, so I removed the backing and photo'd the sheet underneath. It looks to me, given the location of the signature, the composition of the painting and the bordering around the cut, that the shape was originally this way. But judge it for yourself.

The title of the work is "An Impromptu Affair -- A Bullfight on the Plains." It was painted by Smith in 1891 during a trip to New Mexico, and has been written about in biographies of this artist. Other than the shape issue, the painting has a minor hole in the sky area which has been touched up (too faint to photograph).

$675

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