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The Legend of the West: Iconic Works from the T. Boone Pickens Collection
John Ford Clymer (1907-1989)
Red Dust
Details
John Ford Clymer (1907-1989)
Red Dust
signed and dated 'John Clymer/©77 CA' (lower right)—inscribed with title (on the backing board)
oil on canvas
20 x 40 in. (50.8 x 101.6 cm.)
Painted in 1977.
Red Dust
signed and dated 'John Clymer/©77 CA' (lower right)—inscribed with title (on the backing board)
oil on canvas
20 x 40 in. (50.8 x 101.6 cm.)
Painted in 1977.
Provenance
Bobby Hillin, Midland, Texas.
Sotheby’s, New York, 23 September 1988, lot 395.
Private collection, acquired from the above.
Jackson Hole Art Auction, Jackson, Wyoming, 20 September 2008, lot 74.
Acquired by the late owner from the above.
Sotheby’s, New York, 23 September 1988, lot 395.
Private collection, acquired from the above.
Jackson Hole Art Auction, Jackson, Wyoming, 20 September 2008, lot 74.
Acquired by the late owner from the above.
Exhibited
Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix Art Museum, Cowboy Artists of America: Twelfth Annual Exhibition, October 21-November 20, 1977, illustrated.
Midland, Texas, Museum of the Southwest, New Western Images: The Hillin Collection of the Cowboy Artists of America, January 12-February 9, 1983.
Midland, Texas, Museum of the Southwest, New Western Images: The Hillin Collection of the Cowboy Artists of America, January 12-February 9, 1983.
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