Bulldogging

Artist Mary Anita Bonner (American, 1887 - 1935)

Date1924

Mediumetching on paper

DimensionsSheet: 9 9/16 × 12 1/2 inches (24.3 × 31.8 cm)
Frame: 17 3/4 × 22 × 1 inches (45.1 × 55.9 × 2.5 cm)
Image: 6 11/16 × 10 7/16 inches (17 × 26.5 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number31.87.3

ClassificationsPrints

Label TextIn this etching, Bonner portrayed the cowboy roping the steer. Then he wrestles him to the ground by his horns. Roping was a skill used by the working cowboy. It evolved into rodeo events of calf roping and team roping. Bonner’s combining of roping and wrestling under the title Bulldogging indicates that she found inspiration in rodeo events. After studying in Paris, she also exhibited her work. She brought the cowboy again to Europe.

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. Lutcher Stark and Estate of Nita Hill Stark, Orange, Texas, October 11, 1939. Listings of the Second Floor Boys Room, Page C003680 listed as "Bulldogging"

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