104D

VERSO
Exhibition Label, Prix de West Invitational, Oklahoma City, OK

Written in the artist's hand, “The first signs of spring have always been welcome forerunners of milder days to come and for the suburban dweller perhaps a reacquaintance with the lawn mower. For the Plains Indian the advent of new grass meant life itself for his ponies, the bison and indirectly all creatures of the prairie. Here a Cheyenne, down on his knees, is sharing the joy of the moment as his emaciated pony crops the first few mouthfuls of new grass. Tom Lovell”

PROVENANCE
The Artist
[Prix de West Invitational, Oklahoma City, OK 1995]
Thurston E. Dean MD, Midland, TX
Private Collection, by descent
[The Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, Reno, NV 2007]
Private Collection, Denver, CO

EXHIBITED
Prix de West Invitational, National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center, Oklahoma City, OK, June 9 - Sept 9, 1995

LITERATURE
Exhibition catalog, Prix de West Invitational (Oklahoma City, OK: National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center, 1995), p 90, illustrated

Condition ReportSurface condition is excellent. No signs of restoration.

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