The Cattle Buyer
Artist
William Herbert Dunton
(American, 1878 - 1936)
Datec. 1921
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions50 × 60 inches (127 × 152.4 cm)
Frame: 57 1/4 × 67 1/4 × 3 1/2 inches (145.4 × 170.8 × 8.9 cm)
Frame: 57 1/4 × 67 1/4 × 3 1/2 inches (145.4 × 170.8 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Nelda C. Stark, 1999
Object number31.21.402
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextAn old timer, Zenas A. Curtis, inspired this elegiac painting. Dunton talked with Curtis about his memories. The cattleman’s silhouette against the foothills in fading light gave the artist an idea for a painting. Dunton’s aging cowboy in the setting sun seems to represent the artist’s vision of the disappearing real West with its cowhands, cattle, and range life. Ranchers today would contest this vision as they continue to herd their cattle on their range lands.
ProvenancePurchased October 17, 1939 though (Joseph Sartor Galleries, Dallas) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; by inheritance to his wife Nelda C. Stark [1909-1999]; bequeathed December 13, 1999 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation [1]; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
| 1. Transferred August 31, 2005 from Nelda C. Stark Estate to Nelda C. and H.J Lutcher Stark Foundation in accordance with residuary clause (Article III, Section M) of the Will of Nelda C. Stark
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