Details
Olaf Wieghorst (1899-1988)
The Wagon
signed 'O-Wieghorst' with artist's device (lower left)--signed again and inscribed with title (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
24 x 30 in. (60.9 x 76.2 cm.)
Provenance
Paul and Doris Masa, Kalispell, Montana, 2006.
Coeur d'Alene Art Auction, Reno, Nevada, 23 July 2011, lot 274.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Exhibited
Palm Beach, Florida, The Society of the Four Arts, Recapturing the Real West: Collections of William I. Koch, February 4-April 15, 2012.

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Lot Essay

The chuck wagon was designed as a compact mobile kitchen that was responsible, together with its travelling cook, for supplying cowboys with sustenance on long cattle drives over famous routes like the Goodnight-Loving Trail, the Chisholm Trail and others.

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