181 Laverne Nelson Black 1887-1938 Indian on Pinto Pony Facing Right Mixed Media 11 x 9 ¾ inches Signed lower right
182 Laverne Nelson Black 1887-1938 Indian on Pinto Pony Facing Left Mixed Media 11 x 10 ½ inches Signed lower left
Estimate: $4,000 - 6,000
Estimate: $4,000 - 6,000
Born in Wisconsin and educated in Chicago, Laverne Nelson Black would become a prominent illustrator in Chicago and New York, and would create bronze works offered at Tiffany’s, which had only previously shown bronzes from Frederic Remington. An illness would eventually force Black to relocate to Taos, New Mexico, in the 1920s, a particularly robust period for the Western town. It was in Taos where Black was drawn to the Pueblo people, their customs and their lands. Using his quick, painterly style, Black painted evocative works that were full of life and humanity. Further illness would eventually force him from Taos to Phoenix, where he took commissions for the Santa Fe Railway and he worked with Oscar E. Berninghaus on WPA murals for the Phoenix Post Office.
183 William R. Leigh 1866-1955 Stampede (study) Pen & Ink 14 x 9 5 inches Signed lower left and dated 1914 Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000
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