Illustration for The Fair in the Cow Country
Artist
W. Herbert Dunton
(American, 1878 - 1936)
Date1914
Mediumoil on canvas
DimensionsImage: 29 5/16 × 19 1/8 in. (74.5 × 48.6 cm)
Frame: 32 5/16 × 22 3/16 × 1 1/2 in. (82.1 × 56.4 × 3.8 cm)
Frame: 32 5/16 × 22 3/16 × 1 1/2 in. (82.1 × 56.4 × 3.8 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. D.J. Oden, 1953
Object number1.23P
DescriptionBlack and white image of a of cowboy life style in a rodeo. Man riding bucking horse holding hat in his proper right hand, he wears chaps and vest with handkerchief. Other figures on horseback in the background.eMuseum Notes
This painting appeared as an illustration for the article "The Fair in the Cow Country," by W. Hebert Dunton in Scribner's Magazine vol. 55 (April 1914). The caption included for the painting title reads: Phantom shapes of men and animals were shooting from the dust in every direction as though hurled by an explosion.
On View
On view
W. Herbert Dunton
circa 1914 - 1920
