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Olaf Wieghorst (1899 – 1988)
Changing Outfits (1958)
oil on canvas
24 × 30 inches
signed lower left

VERSO
Signed, titled, and dated

Changing Outfits was one of the final prints signed by Olaf Wieghorst and released by Hadley House in the Legends Suite. The painting was used as a backdrop for the credits in the movie El Dorado staring John Wayne and Robert Mitchum and with Wieghorst given the role of Swede.

PROVENANCE
The artist
Mr. & Mrs. John K. Goodman, Tucson, Arizona
Lucy P. Goodman, Tucson, Arizona
Present owner, by descent

EXHIBITED
Olaf Wieghorst Retrospective, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona, 1981

LITERATURE
James Drye, A Collector’s Guide to the Prints of Olaf Wieghorst, Spidy Quality Printing, 2000, p. 37, illustrated
Olaf Wieghorst Retrospective, Tucson Museum of Art, 1981, p. 76, illustrated

141

Olaf Wieghorst

1899 – 1988

Changing Outfits (1958)
oil on canvas
24 × 30 inches
signed lower left
Sold at Auction: $27,225
Condition ReportSurface condition is very good. Canvas is lined. Faint bar mark along top-center portion. Large spot (approximately six inches) of inpainting in the center of the sky.

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