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There is a partial sketch of a horse's leg on the reverse of Cloud Study.
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Taos, New Mexico Cloud Study Horse Studies
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MAYNARD DIXON (1875-1946)
Taos, New Mexico
Cloud Study
Horse Studies
the first initialled, inscribed and dated 'MD Taos NM Aug 1931' (lower left)
the second initialled, inscribed and dated 'MD Tucson 1944' (lower right)
each: graphite on paper
the first: 4¾ x 7¼ in. (12.1 x 18.4 cm.)
the second: 6 x 5¾ in. (15.2 x 14.6 cm.)
the third: 4½ x 5½ in. (11.4 x 14 cm.) (3)
Taos, New Mexico
Cloud Study
Horse Studies
the first initialled, inscribed and dated 'MD Taos NM Aug 1931' (lower left)
the second initialled, inscribed and dated 'MD Tucson 1944' (lower right)
each: graphite on paper
the first: 4¾ x 7¼ in. (12.1 x 18.4 cm.)
the second: 6 x 5¾ in. (15.2 x 14.6 cm.)
the third: 4½ x 5½ in. (11.4 x 14 cm.) (3)
Provenance
The artist.
Edith Hamlin, wife of the artist.
Rosenstock Fine Arts, Denver, Colorado.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Edith Hamlin, wife of the artist.
Rosenstock Fine Arts, Denver, Colorado.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
Maynard Dixon Sketch Book, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1967, pp. 57, 83 and 93, illustrated