Bulldogging
Artist
Edward Dawson-Watson
(American, 1893 - 1978)
Mediumtempera on illustration board
Dimensions14 1/8 x 10 3/4 inches (35.9 x 27.3 cm)
Image: 5 5/16 x 8 9/16 inches (13.5 x 21.7 cm)
Frame: 11 3/4 × 14 3/4 × 1 inches (29.8 × 37.5 × 2.5 cm)
Image: 5 5/16 x 8 9/16 inches (13.5 x 21.7 cm)
Frame: 11 3/4 × 14 3/4 × 1 inches (29.8 × 37.5 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.82.2
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextDawson-Watson depicted a cowboy wrestling a steer by the horns. He uses
Bulldogging for the title. A black cowboy, Bill Pickett, earns credit for the term
bulldogging and for inventing steer wrestling as a performance in Wild West shows. It then became a competitive event in rodeo.
ProvenanceNita Hill Stark [1890-1939] and H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965][1]; by inheritance to her husband H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965][2]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
| 1. Owned jointly by H.J. Lutcher Stark and Nita Hill Stark until her death at which point her ½ interest was bequeathed to H.J. Lutcher Stark.
| 2. Appraisal Report of H. J. Luther Stark and Estate of Nita Hill Stark, Orange, Texas, October 11, 1939. Listings of the Second Floor Living Room, Page C003657, listed as "Bulldogging"
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