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Cuttin' Down the Odds - Texas Style

Currency:USD Category:Art Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD
Cuttin' Down the Odds - Texas Style
Altermann Art Auction | August 16th 2014 | Santa Fe

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Byron Wolfe, 1904 - 1973 CAA | Signed: In image, Byron B. Wolfe CA (Rockin' W Brand) © WF. On mat, 'Cuttin' Down the Odds - Texas Style' l/l; "From the Sketch Book of Byron B. Wolfe" with remarque, l/r, l/l | Media: Gouache on paper | Dimensions: 11 by 16 inches

‘Cuttin’ Down the Odds - Texas Style’ Time -1870’s, Place - West Texas Frontier, Reference - The Longhorns by J. Frank Dobie; The Trampling Herd by Paul I Wellman, Note - These early settlers, with their outlying ranches were a fighting breed, if it wasn’t the elements, it was Indian raids. Oh Grandpa was a Texan, a native son and Grandpa could sure ‘throw led’ Indians jumped us along the Pecos where he shot most of those Indians dead. - By Byron B. Wolfe