Lot Essay
William Herbert "Buck" Dunton painted studies of dogs, horse heads and saddles for various parts of his large-scale easel paintings such as McMullin, Guide (Stark Museum of Art, Orange, Texas) and The Bobcat Hunter (private collection, sold: Christie's, New York, 1 December 2011, lot 113). Most of these studies are in the collection of the Stark Museum of Art, Orange, Texas. Study of a Dog, one of these studies, is a rare example that exists outside of a museum collection.
We are grateful to Michael R. Grauer for his assistance with the catalogue entry for this work.
We are grateful to Michael R. Grauer for his assistance with the catalogue entry for this work.