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Byron B. Wolfe, original watercolor

Currency:USD Category:Art / Medium - Watercolors Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD
Byron B. Wolfe, original watercolor
Byron B. Wolfe (1904-1973) (CA)
Double Jerk Down!
11 ¼" x 16 ¼" original watercolor
Signed and dated 1970 lower left, CA
Titled and signed on mat, with fully detailed remarque on mat along lower right with notation: From the sketch book of Byron B. Wolfe.
Verso: Old O'Brien's Art Emporium, Scottsdale, AZ sticker. States: Title, medium and artist. Index card referencing the era and location of the painting.
Time: Post civil war
Place: Cattle Ranges from Rio Grande to the Saskatchewan and the Great Plains to the foot of The Rockies.
Reference: "Trail Dust and Saddle Leather "by Jo Moro and "The Long Horns" by J. Frank Dobie.
Note: A cowboy had his hand full with a big steer, some reached 1,500 lbs. and it took a good horse and rider to manage a big one and usually a heel man to encourage the steer to join the main herd.