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We Shook Hands and Told Him to Consider Himself the Guest of the Town
We Shook Hands and Told Him to Consider Himself the Guest of the Town
We Shook Hands and Told Him to Consider Himself the Guest of the Town

We Shook Hands and Told Him to Consider Himself the Guest of the Town

Artist (American, 1878 - 1936)
Datec. 1915
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions30 x 24 inches (76.2 x 61 cm)
Frame: 33 1/4 × 27 1/4 × 1 1/2 inches (84.5 × 69.2 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.21.5
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextDunton painted a classic scene of an Easterner encountering Westerners. The meeting takes place in a town, not on a cattle range. Yet the artist used cowboy clothing to identify the Westerners. The Easterner is dressed as a dandy with suit, starched white shirt, tie, and cap. The Westerners wear chaps with pistol holsters over their rough pants and shirts. They have knotted bandanas and broad brimmed hats. Dunton’s use of cowboy garb shows how that clothing has become a symbol for the West. Dunton’s painting illustrated the story “Coggie” by John R. Spears in the October 1915 issue of Scribner’s magazine.
ProvenanceH.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
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