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Circular Cowboy
Circular Cowboy
Circular Cowboy

Circular Cowboy

Artist (American, 1887 - 1935)
Date1927
Mediumetching on paper
DimensionsSheet: 19 × 18 5/8 inches (48.3 × 47.3 cm)
Frame: 23 1/4 × 23 × 3/4 inches (59.1 × 58.4 × 1.9 cm)
Image: 16 × 16 inches (40.6 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.87.2
ClassificationsPrints
Label TextSpending summers at a ranch near Sabinal, Texas, inspired cowboy themes in the art of Mary Bonner. She was born on a plantation in northern Louisiana. Bonner moved as a child to San Antonio, Texas, with her family. She briefly attended the University of Texas, and then studied art in Woodstock, New York. Mary Bonner traveled to Paris, France, to master printmaking.
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 Living Room, Page C003680 listed as "Cowboy on Bronco"
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Dear Mr. Johnston [J. Herbert Johnston]
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Envelope
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