Skip to main content
Advanced Search
“Look Here!” He Yells. “Listen to What I’m Tellin’ Ye!”
“Look Here!” He Yells. “Listen to What I’m Tellin’ Ye!”
“Look Here!” He Yells. “Listen to What I’m Tellin’ Ye!”

“Look Here!” He Yells. “Listen to What I’m Tellin’ Ye!”

Artist (American, 1882 - 1945)
Date1906
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions38 1/8 x 26 inches (96.8 x 66 cm)
Frame: 45 1/8 × 33 1/8 × 2 5/8 inches (114.6 × 84.1 × 6.7 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.2.2
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextWhen cowboys came indoors, the saloon was often a gathering place for them and diverse townsfolks. The barroom provided a setting for Wyeth’s illustration for a story by Stewart Edward White. A cowboy came to a mining town to seek a more prosperous life. He narrated the story. The cowboy told about an Irishman who insulted the Dutch (German) saloonkeeper. The bartender later used a cunning scheme involving horse-trading to gain revenge. The story was original published as “Arizona Nights, Cyclone Bill’s Yarn: The Mining Camp Story,” in McClure’s Magazine. Stewart Edward White then included it in his book, Arizona Nights.
Provenance(C. Bland Jamison, Santa Fe, New Mexico); purchased July 8, 1958 by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
On View
On view
    Stark
    Copyright © Stark