Lot Essay
This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work being prepared by Michael R. Grauer.
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Property from the collection of Captain Richard S. Rogers, U.S. Navy, Ret.
William Herbert Dunton (1878-1936)
The Vidette--Custer Trooper
Details
William Herbert Dunton (1878-1936)
The Vidette--Custer Trooper
signed and dated 'W. Herbert Dunton/© 1914' (lower right)--inscribed with title (on a label affixed to the stretcher)
oil on canvas
32¼ x 25¼ in. (82 x 64.1 cm.)
The Vidette--Custer Trooper
signed and dated 'W. Herbert Dunton/© 1914' (lower right)--inscribed with title (on a label affixed to the stretcher)
oil on canvas
32¼ x 25¼ in. (82 x 64.1 cm.)
Provenance
Sale: Panhandle Cattlemen's Association Convention, El Paso, Texas, Paintings of the Old West, 1914, no. 13.
[With]E. Milch Galleries, New York.
Mrs. Joseph A. Rogers, El Paso, Texas, acquired from the above, 1915.
By descent to the present owner.
[With]E. Milch Galleries, New York.
Mrs. Joseph A. Rogers, El Paso, Texas, acquired from the above, 1915.
By descent to the present owner.
Literature
A. Johnson, Southwest Art Magazine, October 1983, p. 84, illustrated (as The Vidette).
J. Schimmel, The Art and Life of W. Herbert Dunton, 1878-1936, Austin, Texas, 1984, pp. 155-56, 222.
J. Schimmel, The Art and Life of W. Herbert Dunton, 1878-1936, Austin, Texas, 1984, pp. 155-56, 222.
Exhibited
New York, E. Milch Galleries, Exhibition of Paintings by W. Herbert Dunton of the Old West, February 9-21, 1914, no. 12 (as The Vidette).