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Frank McCarthy (1924 – 2002)
Down from the Mountains (1989)
oil on canvas
28 × 50 inches
37 × 59 × 2 inches (framed)
signed and dated lower left

VERSO
Signed, titled, dated, and “#862”
Label, Cowboy Artists of America Museum, Kerrville, Texas

Describing this painting Elmer Kelton wrote, “Shouting in jubilation, waving hats and rifles, mountain men gallop into rendezvous for a riotous round of pelt trading, horse racing, card playing, whiskey drinking, and an all-around good time. After frenzied celebration, many will have to go into debt to outfit themselves for a return to the mountains.”

PROVENANCE
Private collection, Monroe, Connecticut

EXHIBITED
Ride Like the Wind: Horses and Horse Cultures of the American West, Cowboy Artists of America Museum, Kerrville, Texas, 1991

LITERATURE
Elmer Kelton, The Art of Frank C. McCarthy, The Greenwich Workshop Inc., 1992, pp. 58-59, illustrated

100

Frank McCarthy

1924 – 2002

Down from the Mountains (1989)
oil on canvas
28 × 50 inches
37 × 59 × 2 inches (framed)
signed and dated lower left
Sold at Auction: $84,700
Condition ReportSurface is in excellent condition. Spot of inpainting in the upper-right corner, near edge of frame.

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