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Dixon authority Dr. Mark Sublette wrote, “Dixon visits Tehachapi in southern California in 1930, accompanied by artist Arthur Haddock from Stockton, California, whom Dixon mentors. Haddock describes Dixon’s painting process outdoors, ‘Maynard would look and look, pick a subject, then lay down on the ground study it for an hour perhaps, then paint very, very fast, getting the large areas first. Any details would come later.’

“Dixon produces two closely related images in Tehachapi: Caliente Hills #1, and Caliente Hills #2. Both 16 × 20 inch paintings are typical of the rolling hills of the region; Haddock produces a similar image while painting at Dixon’s side.

“A significant landscape inspired by Caliente Hills results from this trip; Deer Heaven, a 40 × 50 inch canvas, wins first prize at the Los Angeles Ebell Club and second prize at the San Francisco Art Association. Accord to Haddock, ‘The wind was bad; Maynard wanted to lay out a 40 × 50 canvas and we finally nailed it to a fence post to keep it upright while he painted.’”

PROVENANCE
Estate of Garry Shandling, Los Angeles, California, 2016
Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Tucson, Arizona, 2019
Private collection, Tucson, Arizona

EXHIBITED
Along the Distant Mesa: An Homage to Maynard Dixon, Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Tucson, Arizona, 2019

LITERATURE
Mark Sublette, Maynard Dixon’s American West: Along the Distant Mesa, Just Me Publishing, 2018, p. 216, illustrated

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Condition ReportSurface is in good condition. No signs of restoration.

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