Leanin' Tree Museum Auction - Session I

Museum Collection Auction January 19, 2018 • Session I

Front Cover 232 Bill Hughes 1932-1992 Freedom Run (detail) Oil on canvas 62 x 56 inches Signed lower left Estimate: $25,000 - 45,000

Opposite 57 Roy Kerswill 1925-2002 Trapper On The Move Oil on canvas 24 x 36 inches Signed lower right and dated 73 Estimate: $2,000 - 4,000

Back Cover 76 Howard Fogg 1917-1996 Great Northern, Montana, 1938 Oil on canvas 18 x 24 inches Signed lower right This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 360 Estimate: $2,000 - 4,000

Museum Collection Auctioned by Scottsdale Art Auction January 19, 2018 • 1:00 pm Scottsdale, Arizona Session I lots 1 - 265

Sold at No Reserve

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Friday & Saturday • January 19-20, 2018

MICHAEL FROST

JACK A. MORRIS JR.

j.n. bartfield galleries

south carolina saa, llc

BRAD RICHARDSON legacy gallery Bozeman • Jackson Hole • Scottsdale

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Jason Brooks, Auctioneer Online bidding arrangements can be made through

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Telephone Bidding Arrangements must be made no later than 5:00 pm on Wednesday, January 17.

Subject to availability.

Absentee Bidding Arrangements must be made no later than 5:00 pm on Thursday, January 18.

Please call (480) 945-0225 or register online at www.LeaninTreeMuseumAuction.com

Auction results will be available online Monday, January 29 www.LeaninTreeMuseumAuction.com

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SCOTTSDALE ART AUCTION Saturday • April 8, 2017 19-20, 2018 Friday & Saturday • January

Thursday, January 18 10:00am - 9:00pm.............................................................................................Registration & Preview Friday, January Friday, April 719 10:00am 1:00pm.............................................................................................Registration & Preview 10:00am–5:00pm...............................................................................................Registration & Preview 1:00pm...................................................................................................................

Session I: Lots 1-265 6:00pm–8:00pm ..........................................................................................................Cocktail Preview Saturday, January 20 Saturday, April 8 8:30am - 10:00am.............................................................................................Registration & Preview 8:30am–9:30am.................................................................................................Registration & Preview 10:00am.............................................................................................................Session II: Lots 266-542 9:30am ............................................................................................................. First Session: Lots 1–141 11:30am ...............................................................................................................................Lunch Buffet 1:00pm ....................................................................................................Second Session: Lots 142–386 Pre-registration available at www.LeaninTreeMuseumAuction.com Pre-registration available at www.scottsdaleartauction.com

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BUYER’S PREMIUM The purchase price payable by the Purchaser shall be the total of the final bid price PLUS A PREMIUM OF SEVENTEEN PERCENT (17%) on any individual lot in the amount up to and including $500,000; TWELVE PERCENT (12%) on any individual lot on the amount in excess of $500,000.

Invaluable on-line premium is TWENTY-TWO percent (22%).

This premium is in addition to any commissions or other charges payable by the consignor.

4. At the fall of the Auctioneer’s hammer, the Purchaser shall (a) be acknowledged by bidder number by the auctioneer, (b) pay the hammer price and a buyer’s premium as outlined above. In addition, Purchaser may be required to sign a confirmation of purchase. All sales are final with no exchanges or returns.

Auction The art illustrated in this catalogue will be offered for sale on January 19 & 20, 2018 by Scottsdale Art Auction, LLC on Premises at 7176 Main Street, Scottsdale, Arizona.

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11. Biding on any item indicates your acceptance of these terms and all other terms announced at the time of sale whether bidding in person, by phone, by Internet, by absentee bid, or through a representative.

12. In most instances, sculpture measurements do not include base. In measurements for two dimensional art, height precedes width and does not include frame.

13. Bidding increments will normally follow the pattern below but may vary at the sole discretion of the Auctioneer.

Estimate Increment Under 2,000............................. 100 2,000–5,000 ............................. 250 5,000–10,000............................ 500 10,000–20,000....................... 1,000

Estimate Increment 20,000–50,000 ...................... 2,500 50,000–100,000..................... 5,000 over 100,000 ........................ 10,000

A letter from Leanin’ Tree Founder Ed Trumble Thank you, my friends, for your interest in the art of the Leanin’ Tree Museum and Sculpture Garden!

As I write this on my 93rd birthday, I acknowledge that my physical limitations will unfortunately prevent me from attending “my auction” (as I have come to think of it) in Scottsdale in January 2018. So my gratitude must be expressed by letter rather than in person. Oh, how I wish I could shake your hand, and thank each and every one of you, and share my hope that you are successful with a winning bid for a piece (or pieces!) of the Leanin’ Tree Museum legacy.

Western art has been my life’s passion and mission.

The roots of my interest in the West were planted early and deep, in a young boy’s fertile imagination, as my family scrabbled for survival on a Depression and drought-battered Nebraska farm. Riding my cow pony Sunny, with ol’ Buster my dog darting to and fro alongside pulled by every elusive scent, we—well, I—dreamt of leading great cattle drives, fightin’ off determined varmints and rustlers, and pushing deep into steep, blue valleys in pursuit of beaver, gold, wealth, fame—the collective dreams of youth.

The Good Lord has been gracious in allowing me 93 winters, but I’d be lying if I said I don’t feel those years. After all, it’s not like I’m 92 anymore!

My life has been blessed by God and dumb Irish luck. But even the benevolent St. Patrick can’t stop the ceaseless march of time. For several years, a decision has been looming, haunting, inescapable. What to do with my art collection? My dear wife, best friend, confidant and co-curator, Lynn Marie, has traveled this path with me through many exciting and fruitful years, as we built the collection and fulfilled our vision of the museum and sculpture garden, culminating in my 2008 book The Story of Leanin’ Tree. We have shared an unbelievably wonderful journey.

It was never my expectation that my family would maintain my art museum indefinitely. They have their own lives to lead, their own dreams to fulfill—plus a great business to run! I have always cared deeply about ensuring that my family can remain dedicated to their proud work of creating and selling Leanin’ Tree’s nationally popular greeting cards. So now the time has come. We all made the emotionally difficult decision to sell the art collection and close the Museum.

Because the Museum has been my lifelong project, it was personally important to me to know that my collection would come full circle in the great hall of Scottsdale Art Auction, as my art treasures find their way into the loving care of the next generation of families, collectors and museums.

I wish to thank the entire team at Scottsdale Art Auction who have worked tirelessly to produce a stunning auction catalog.

My friendship with SAA’s Brad Richardson extends back many decades, and even further back through Brad’s father-inlaw, Troy Murray. Oh, the art stories we could tell! I have known Brad and his partners, Jack Morris and Mike Frost, to be trusted advisors and colleagues through our many years together down the western art trail.

For almost five decades it has been an unparalleled honor to have hosted several million visitors to the Leanin’ Tree Museum.

I have so many treasured memories standing in my museum—surrounded by visual treasures—sharing stories of the art and artists with pilgrims young and old, all with a golden light in their eyes, awestruck by the allure and accessibility of beautiful art of the American West. I remember a woman from New York, without ever taking her tear-filled eyes off the canvas in front of her, saying to me, “That is the most beautiful painting I have ever seen.”

The Leanin’ Tree Museum and Sculpture Garden has brought immeasurable joy, appreciation and awe to those who have had the privilege to experience it in person. The gratitude I feel for those who have loved the art I have loved cannot be expressed. From the depth of my soul, thank you.

Ed Trumble Founder, Leanin’ Tree and Leanin’ Tree Museum of Western and Wildlife Art S C O T T S D A L E A RT A U C T I O N

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1 Thomas W. Lorimer 1941-2015 The Sentinel Oil on board 12 x 16 inches Signed lower right and dated 78 This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 184 Estimate: $800 - 1,200

Thomas Lorimer grew up in the Midwest and studied in Chicago and Los Angeles.

He lived in Sedona but often visited and painted in Montana. His works ranged from contemporary Western portraiture to historical scenes and his work is prized for its draftsmanship and atmosphere.

2 Thomas W. Lorimer 1941-2015 Leather And Lace Watercolor 14 x 11 inches Signed lower left and dated 95; Signed and titled verso Estimate: $300 - 500

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3 Thomas W. Lorimer 1941-2015 Indian - Black & White Pencil 16 x 12 inches Signed lower right and dated 79 Estimate: $300 - 500

4 Bill Hampton 1925-1977 Old Gold Tooth Oil on board 20 x 16 inches Signed lower right; Signed and titled verso “And Then There Were None” This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 62 Estimate: $800 - 1,200 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

Bill Hampton’s Old Gold Tooth became Leanin’ Tree’s first birthday card after Ed Trumble commissioned Western poet S. Omar Barker to compose the following verse to accompany the image: “May neither drought nor rain nor blizzard/Disturb the joy-juice in your gizzard!/And may you camp where wind won’t hit you/Where snakes won’t bite and bears won’t git you/Happy Birthday” Hampton’s humorous and soulful portraits have graced Leanin’ Tree cards ever since.

5 Bill Hampton 1925-1977 Apache Warrior Pencil 14 x 11 inches Signed lower right Estimate: $600 - 900

6 Bill Hampton 1925-1977 Great Man’s Daughter Oil on board 23 x 17 inches Signed lower left; Signed and titled verso “Indian Princess” This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page169

7 Bill Hampton 1925-1977 The Sidekick Oil on board 20 x 16 inches Signed lower right This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 62 Estimate: $800 - 1,200

Estimate: $1,000 - 1,500 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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8 Mike Scovel b. 1949 Takes One Helluva Cowboy to Stop a Stampede Oil on board 10 x 8 inches Signed lower right Estimate: $600 - 900 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

Mike Scovel’s caricatures of what Ed Trumble calls “ornery, sweet, cantankerous, bashful, careworn cowboys” have appeared on Leanin’ Tree cards for over twentyfive years. Despite the whimsicality of some of his his subject matter, Scovel is an accomplished artist who also sculpts and paints. Along with Bonnie Shields and Boots Reynolds, Mike Scovel formed Cowboy Cartoonists International in 1992.

CCI now has twenty members and the organization mounts several group exhibits every year.

10 Mike Scovel b. 1949 These Are My Sunday Clothes Oil on canvas 20 x 16 inches Signed lower right and dated 1982 Estimate: $600 - 900 9 Mike Scovel b. 1949 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that Commm’ nnn’ Get It! features this art work will accompany this lot.

Oil on board 60 x 20 inches Signed lower right This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 73 Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000

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11 Mike Scovel b. 1949 Me and My Laundry are Stayin’ and You and Your Cows are Gone Gouache 20 x 16 inches Signed lower left Estimate: $600 - 900 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

12 Mel Johnson 20th Century Happy Trails Oil on board 12 x 16 inches Signed lower left and dated 5/1/78 Estimate: $300 - 500 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

13 Sharon Pedersen 20th Century Mary Lou Takes a Bath Pen & Ink Watercolor 16 x 24 inches Signed lower right and dated 1987 Estimate: $800 - 1,200 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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14 Lloyd Mitchell 1909-1978 Hang In There Oil on canvas 24 x 20 inches Signed lower right This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 67 Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

Before he became an artist, Lloyd Mitchell was a ranch hand and a bit player in Hollywood Westerns. After the Second World War, Mitchell decided to try his hand at art and studied in Los Angeles.

“The fastest brush in the West,” Mitchell’s sense of humor pervades his “fine art cartoons,” especially his “skinny saloons” precariously perched and generally on the verge of collapse as they suffer one predicament after another.

15 Lloyd Mitchell 1909-1978 The Saloon Wagon Oil on board 18 x 24 inches Signed lower right; Signed and titled verso Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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16 Lloyd Mitchell 1909-1978 Leveraged Take-Over Oil on canvas 24 x 20 inches Signed lower left Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000

17 Lloyd Mitchell 1909-1978 Trouble At Robber’s Roost Oil on board 24 x 20 inches Signed lower left; Signed, titled and dated 1969 verso This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 68 Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card and post card that this art work was featured on will accompany this lot.

18 Lloyd Mitchell 1909-1978 The Great Hold-Up Oil on canvas 24 x 20 inches Signed lower right

19 Lloyd Mitchell 1909-1978 The Tenderfoot Oil on board 24 x 18 inches Signed lower left; Signed, titled and dated 1971 verso

Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000

Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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20 Bill Bender 1918-2016 Home Ranch Oil on board 24 x 36 inches Signed lower center and dated 73 This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 386

21 Bill Bender 1918-2016 Pondering Oil on board 18 x 24 inches Signed lower left and dated 74 This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 387

Estimate: $1,000 - 1,500

Estimate: $600 - 900

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree post card that this art work was featured on will accompany this lot.

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

California native Bill Bender saw some of the last of the cowboy idyll working with a pack outfit in Kernville in the 1930’s where, as he put it, “there were as many horses as there were cars.” The landscape made a painter of Bill Bender. He fell under the desert spell of James Swinnerton but soon developed his own style, soft, filled with light, and dappled with shadow.

22 Bill Bender 1918-2016 Looking Pen & Ink Watercolor 9 x 7 inches Signed lower right

23 Bill Bender 1918-2016 Buddies Oil on board 20 x 30 inches Signed lower left and dated 72

Estimate: $400 - 600

Estimate: $600 - 900 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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24 Vel Miller b. 1936 Friendly Persuasion Bronze, cast number 5/24 8 ¼ inches high Signed and dated 1973 This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 262 Estimate: $800 - 1,600

25 Vel Miller b. 1936 Barefoot Cowboy Bronze, cast number 5/30 6 ½ inches high Signed and dated 1973 Estimate: $400 - 800

26 Bill Shaddix b. 1931 Grandpa’s Boots Bronze, cast number 5/20 8 ½ inches high Signed and dated 1983; Buffalo Bronze Works Estimate: $300 - 600

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27 Vel Miller b. 1936 Boy and Burro Charcoal 11 x 9 inches Signed lower left

28 Vel Miller b. 1936 Mare and Colt Charcoal 10 x 8 inches Signed lower right

Estimate: $300 - 500

Estimate: $300 - 500

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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29 Ross Santee 1889-1965 Cowboys and Horse Pen & Ink Gouache 4 x 6 inches Signed lower right

30 Bob Lee b. 1933 Colt Bronze, cast number 5/30 8 ž inches high Signed and dated 1968

Estimate: $200 - 400

Estimate: $300 - 600

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31 Lee K. Parkinson 1913-2000 December’s Crystals Oil on canvas 24 x 36 inches Signed lower right and dated 78

32 Ruth M. Lau 20th Century Prickly Pear And Roadrunner Oil on board 12 x 16 inches Signed lower left

Estimate: $800 - 1,200

Estimate: $200 - 400

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

33 Gene Speck b. 1937 Nevada Ranch Oil on board 16 x 20 inches Signed lower left This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 165

34 Lucian Vannerson 1904-1982 Three Yuccas Oil on board 16 x 24 inches Signed lower right

Estimate: $1,000 - 1,500

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

Estimate: $300 - 600

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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35 Ray Swanson 1937-2004 Collection of Three Paintings Estimate: $800 - 1,200 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

Ray Swanson was born in rural South Dakota and educated in a one-room schoolhouse. After his father passed away, the family moved to California where Swanson studied drafting and aeronautical engineering and became a civil engineer. When he inherited a box of paints from his grandfather, Swanson began to paint farm subjects as a hobby. But the budding artist fell for the Native Americans of Arizona: the Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, and Apache, and came to the happy conclusion that their way of life would make an excellent subject for a professional painter.

Old Truck In Field Oil on board 11 x 15 inches Signed lower right

Old Truck in Field with Barb Wire Fence (Desc) Oil on board 11 x 15 inches Signed lower right

Truck and Snow (Desc) Oil on board 11 x 15 inches Signed lower right

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36 Ray Swanson 1937-2004 Negra School Acrylic 11 x 15 inches Signed lower right; Signed, titled and dated 71 verso This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 382 Estimate: $250 - 450

37 Ray Swanson 1937-2004 Barn, Milk Cans Acrylic 11 x 15 inches Signed lower right Estimate: $300 - 600 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

38 Ray Swanson 1937-2004 Bison (Buffalo) Bronze, cast number 5/10 6 inches high Signed and dated 69; Buffalo Bronze Works Estimate: $400 - 600

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39 Bob Wolf 1937-2009 In the Twilight of an October Evening Bronze, cast number 5/12 13 inches high Signed and dated 1976 Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000 Nebraska native Bob Wolf was known for attempting one of the hardest things in wildlife sculpture—sculpting realistic birds in flight. Attaching one bird to another, wing to wing, in a delicate balancing act, was Wolf’s ingenious solution.

40 Bob Wolf 1937-2009 The Protector (Set of 2 Bronzes) Bronze, cast number 5A&B/12 14 inches and 12 inches high Signed and dated 1974 This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 291 Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500

41 Douglas Van Howd b. 1935 Elk Oil on canvas 22 x 30 inches Signed lower right Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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42 Leslie (Les) Peters 1917-2010 Moose Oil on canvas 12 x 36 inches Signed lower left and dated 70 Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500

Born in Great Falls in 1917, Les Peters rode with the U.S. Cavalry on the Mexican border before serving in Europe during World War II. After the war, Peters studied at the Art Students League in New York, then returned to Great Falls where he painted the West his way, entertained other artists and patrons, and helped get the C. M. Russell Museum rolling.

43 Leslie (Les) Peters 1917-2010 Buffalo Oil on canvas 12 x 36 inches Signed lower right and dated 70 Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500

44 Leslie (Les) Peters 1917-2010 Elk Oil on canvas 12 x 36 inches Signed lower right and dated 70 Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500

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Born in 1919 in the Texas Panhandle, Bill Chappell knew the hardships of the hardscrabble life of the ranch hand, living with his parents in a dirt dugout for a time. But even as a boy, Chappell’s hands turned to art. He painted, sculpted, worked leather, wood, and silver. After serving in World War II, Chappell opened a saddle shop and moved to Colorado. In 1965, he made art his full-time pursuit.

45 Bill Chappell 1919-2010 Elk Museum Series Bronze, cast number 5/30 26 ¾ inches high, 27 inches wide Signed, titled and dated 1969 This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 298 Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000

46 Bill Chappell 1919-2010 Buffalo Museum Series Bronze, cast number 5/30 17 ½ inches high, 24 inches wide Signed, titled and dated 1970 This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 114 Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000

47 Bill Chappell 1919-2010 Coyote in Trap Bronze, cast number 5/30 4 inches high Signed and dated 1968 Estimate: $300 - 600

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48 Janeen Schissler b. 1957 Cardinals Watercolor 9 x 12 inches Signed lower right and dated 1986 Estimate: $400 - 800 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

49 Bill Chappell 1919-2010 The Optimist Bronze, cast number 5/250 5 inches high Signed, titled and dated 1979 Estimate: $300 - 500

50 Dan Bodelson b. 1949 Study for Sheep Pen Oil on canvas 11 x 14 inches Signed lower left; Signed, titled and dated 1981 verso Estimate: $500 - 1,000

51 Tom Browning b. 1949 Raccoons Watercolor 15 x 20 inches Signed lower left Estimate: $800 - 1,200 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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52 Ben Stahl 1910-1987 Semi-Nude Figure Oil on board 13 ½ x 11 inches Signed lower left and dated 82 Estimate: $600 - 900

Ben Stahl was born and studied in Chicago and went on to become a prolific illustrator and painter. He did work for the Saturday Evening Post, provided art for the anniversary edition of Gone With the Wind and was a founding instructor at the Famous Artists School in Connecticut.

53 Ray McCarty b. 1934 Velvet Chair Oil on board 20 ¾ x 16 ¾ inches Signed lower right and dated 1985

54 Ray McCarty b. 1934 Slim Oil on board 18 ½ x 12 inches Titled verso

Estimate: $1,000 - 1,500

Estimate: $600 - 1,200 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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55 Jackson Hensley b. 1940 The Prayer Oil on canvas 72 x 90 inches Signed lower center This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 393 A copy of the book will accompany this lot Estimate: $10,000 - 15,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree post card that this art work was featured on will accompany this lot.

The sky aflame at the close of day dominates Jackson Henley’s magisterial painting, The Prayer. Light seems to beckon parishioners to gather at the old adobe church in Arroyo Seco, New Mexico. “This,” the artist says, “is the first and last New Mexico—old Mexico blended with Pueblo Indians—the land, the architecture, its very soul is constant.”

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56 Roy Kerswill 1925-2002 Teton Flowers Oil on canvas 36 x 24 inches Signed lower left Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

Roy Kerswill was born in Devon, England, but found a home in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. After serving in the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm, Kerswill and some comrades decided to wander through the Yukon and the American Northwest. They ultimately canoed from the Columbia River to New Orleans, via the Snake, Platte, Missouri, and Mississippi Rivers. Compelled by the history of the fur trade and pioneers, Kerswill made this early era the principal subject of his art.

57 Roy Kerswill 1925-2002 Trapper On The Move Oil on canvas 24 x 36 inches Signed lower right and dated 73 This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 319 Estimate: $2,000 - 4,000

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58 Roy Kerswill 1925-2002 Solitude Outlet Oil on canvas 30 x 40 inches Signed lower right and dated 73 Estimate: $2,000 - 4,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

59 Robert Wands b. 1939 Pine Tree in Snow Oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches Signed lower left Estimate: $300 - 600 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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60 Jack Swanson b. 1927 Moonlight Mosaic Oil on canvas 42 x 32 inches Signed lower left/CA and dated 1991 Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000

Ed Trumble quotes Jack Swanson on his origins in this way, “I arrived in Carmel in 1949 with thirty dollars in my pocket, a dilapidated truck, and a lame horse named Amigo.” From these humble beginnings, Jack Swanson became a rancher who painted by night. A past Vice President of the CAA, Swanson’s studio has a horse stall so he can paint horses from life. “Ranchers are environmentalists,” Swanson told author Michale Duty. “I would like to leave an accurate firsthand picture of the cowboy of the forties and fifties, before the speculator and regulator moved in and the face of the West was forever changed.” He has.

61 Jack Swanson b. 1927 The Sentinel Oil on board 36 x 49 ½ inches Signed lower left/CA and dated 78; Signed and titled verso This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 154 Estimate: $3,500 - 5,000

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62 Jack Swanson b. 1927 Rough String Rider Oil on board 36 x 60 inches Signed lower left, dated 1973 and inscribed “S.E. Oregon” This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 155 Estimate: $4,500 - 6,500 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree post card that this art work was featured on will accompany this lot.

63 Jack Swanson b. 1927 Red Man’s Meat Oil on board 30 x 60 inches Signed lower left/CA and dated 77 This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 156 Estimate: $4,500 - 6,500 S C O T T S D A L E A RT A U C T I O N

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64 William Moyers 1916 - 2010 Spring Bronze, cast number 5/30 14 inches high Signed and dated 1973 Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500

William Moyers was an early member of the Cowboy Artists of America, becoming a member in 1968. Born in Georgia in 1916, at the age of fourteen he went to Colorado, learned to be a cowboy, and paid his way through art school in California on the proceeds of his prowess. Moyers worked for Walt Disney before joining the army and moving to New York, where his career as an illustrator took off. In 1962, Moyers and his family moved to Albuquerque, where he exchanged illustration for fine art. Moyers once observed that he is drawn to the working cowboy as a subject because he is “a harmonious outgrowth of the environment. He accepts the action, weather, loneliness and responsibilities as normal existence.”

65 William Moyers 1916 - 2010 Winter Orphans Bronze, cast number 5/30 11 inches high Signed and dated 1978 Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000

66 William Moyers 1916 - 2010 The Strawberry Roan Bronze, cast number 5/30 12 inches high Signed This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 78 Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000

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67 William Moyers 1916 - 2010 Summer Bronze, cast number 5/30 12 inches high Signed and dated 1977 This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 324 Estimate: $2,000 - 4,000

68 William Moyers 1916 - 2010 Winter Bronze, cast number 5/30 12 inches high, 19 ½ inches wide Signed and dated 1970 Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000

69 William Moyers 1916 - 2010 Loser Buys the Drinks Bronze, cast number 5/30 14 inches high Signed and dated 1971 This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 325 Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000

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70 William Moyers 1916 - 2010 Price of A Herd Bronze, cast number 5/30 10 ½ inches high Signed and dated 1972 This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 326 Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000

71 Jack Roberts 1920-2000 A Letter From Sister Nellie Oil on canvas 24 x 36 inches Signed lower right This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on pages 124 & 366 Estimate: $800 - 1,200 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

Looking past the poignant subject matter, the cowboys celebrating Christmas, you can see the influence of Roberts’s favorite painters, Rembrandt and Van Gogh. Rembrandt is in the warmly lit interiors and the domestic compositions; Van Gogh is in the construction of the rooms, in the rustic boards and walls that play with perspective to frame the scenes.

72 Jack Roberts 1920-2000 A Surgeon’s Touch Oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches Signed lower right Estimate: $800 - 1,200 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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73 Jack Roberts 1920-2000 The Audience Oil on canvas 24 x 36 inches Signed lower left Estimate: $800 - 1,200 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

74 Jack Roberts 1920-2000 Mutual Appraisal Oil on canvas 24 x 36 inches Signed lower left Estimate: $800 - 1,200 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

75 Jack Roberts 1920-2000 Payday Oil on canvas 24 x 36 inches Signed lower right Estimate: $800 - 1,200 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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76 Howard Fogg 1917-1996 Great Northern, Montana, 1938 Oil on canvas 18 x 24 inches Signed lower right This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 360 Estimate: $2,000 - 4,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card and post card that this art work was featured on will accompany this lot.

Leanin’ Tree published over 100 of Howard Fogg’s singular images of American railroad history. Of Fogg, Ed Trumble says, ”In some important respects, Howard resembled another great American artist, Charles M. Russell. For just as Russell was compelled to paint and record every detail of his disappearing West, so Howard dedicated his life to preserving the railroading saga of North America. I think that history will see Howard Fogg, like Russell, as a unique artist of his own era, who was destined to record for all time a special part of America.”

77 Howard Fogg 1917-1996 Canadian Pacific, 1945 Watercolor 12 x 18 inches Signed lower left Estimate: $1,500 - 3,500 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

78 Howard Fogg 1917-1996 Colorado & Southern Railway, 1958 Oil on canvas 18 x 24 inches Signed lower right This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 361 Estimate: $2,000 - 4,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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79 Howard Fogg 1917-1996 Denver, Leadville & Gunnison, 1893 Oil on canvas 18 x 24 inches Signed lower right

80 Howard Fogg 1917-1996 Vermont Central, 1938 Watercolor 16 x 22 inches Signed lower right

Estimate: $2,000 - 4,000

Estimate: $1,500 - 3,500

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

81 Howard Fogg 1917-1996 Rio Grande & Southern, 1920 Oil on canvas 18 x 24 inches Signed lower left

82 Howard Fogg 1917-1996 Reading Railroad, 1960 Watercolor 16 x 22 inches Signed lower right

Estimate: $2,000 - 4,000

Estimate: $2,000 - 4,000

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card and post card that this art work was featured on will accompany this lot.

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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83 J.K. Ralston 1896-1987 Fur Company’s Men Oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches Signed lower left and dated 71 Estimate: $5,000 - 7,000 J.K. Ralston was born in a log home in Montana in 1896. His father drove cattle.

Ralston devoted his career to the West, saying, “I worked as a cowboy for the old Seventy-Nine Ranch, the CK, the F Bar, and others. I lived and talked with men who came over the trail in the 1880’s. I saw the curtain rung down on the last of the old-time range business in Montana. I have made it my lifework to try and make the West live again in pictures.”

84 J.K. Ralston 1896-1987 The Boasters Oil on canvas 22 x 36 inches Signed lower right and dated 71 This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 185 A copy of the book will accompany this lot Estimate: $6,000 - 9,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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85 J.K. Ralston 1896-1987 Cowboy and Rabbit Pen & Ink 7 ½ x 8 inches Signed lower right and dated 70 Estimate: $200 - 400

86 Gene Zesch b. 1932 If This Business is So Damned Good How Come There Ain’t More People In It? Wood 15 inches high, 14 ½ inches wide Signed, titled and dated 1975 This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 71 Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

87 Gene Zesch b. 1932 I Put All My Money Back Into Ranch Improvements Wood 15 inches high, 27 inches wide Signed, titled and dated 1975 This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 70 Estimate: $2,000 - 4,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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88 Lloyd Mitchell 1909-1978 It’ll Be A Tricky Ride Home Oil on canvas 24 x 18 inches Signed lower left

89 Lloyd Mitchell 1909-1978 Call of the Canyon Oil on canvas 24 x 20 inches Signed lower left

Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000

Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

90 Lloyd Mitchell 1909-1978 New Dog In Town Oil on board 18 x 24 inches Signed lower right; Signed, titled and dated 1970 verso

91 Lloyd Mitchell 1909-1978 A Toast To Santa Oil on canvas 18 x 24 inches Signed lower left Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000

Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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Walt LaRue was a guide in Glacier, a rodeo rider, and a stunt man. His paintings of the West are bright and full of life. Just Passin’ Through adds a healthy dose of humor to the mix as horses go in while cowboys fly out of the beleaguered Trails End Saloon.

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

92 Walter LaRue 1925-2010 Just Passin’ Through Oil on canvas 18 x 24 inches Signed lower left and dated 74 Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500

93 Ron Crooks 1925-2006 Quiet Camp Oil on board 9 x 12 inches Signed lower right; Titled verso

94 George D. Smith b. 1944 Ketchgate Oil on canvas 11 x 14 inches Signed lower left and dated 74; Signed, titled and dated verso

Estimate: $300 - 600

Estimate: $800 - 1,200

Ron Crooks painted in what we would now call a nostalgic Western style, one you might see in an old copy of Western Story magazine. His rich landscapes surround the central idea in his work.

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95 William Moyers 1916 - 2010 The Reckless Breed Bronze, cast number 5/30 19 inches high, 28 inches wide Signed and dated 1975 This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 326 Estimate: $3,000 - 4,000 Literature:

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James K. Howard. Ten Years with the Cowboy Artists of America. Flagstaff: Northland Press. 1976. p. 117. illustrated.

96 William Moyers 1916 - 2010 The Bronco Bronze, cast number 5/30 11 inches high Signed and dated 1969

97 William Moyers 1916 - 2010 Navajo Boy Bronze, cast number 5/40 6 ž inches high Signed and dated 1971

Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000

Estimate: $800 - 1,600

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After purchasing Shorty Shope’s painting The Coming Home Song at a show, Ed Trumble teased that he didn’t like one of the pack horse’s legs. “Harry Jackson,” Trumble writes, “was also at the show that night, and he invited Shorty and me to an early viewing of a… documentary film about Jackson that John Wayne had narrated… When the four of us stopped to view The Coming Home Song, Shorty commented, “Mr. Wayne, the buyer for this painting doesn’t like the looks of this leg…”

[Wayne] squinting at the painting, barked, “Aw, tell him to go to hell!” Shorty damn near fainted and pointing to me, he blurted, “Mr. Trumble is the buyer!”

98 Irvin (Shorty) Shope 1900-1977 Chinook Wind Oil on board 12 x 16 inches Signed lower right; Signed, titled and dated September 1968 verso This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 251

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000 99 Irvin (Shorty) Shope 1900-1977 New Work for the Young Pinto Oil on board 10 x 20 inches Signed lower right and dated 70; Signed, titled and dated November 1970 verso Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000

100 Frank Polk 1908-2000 A Long Rope And A Telescope Bronze, cast number 5/35 14 inches high Signed/CA and dated 1975; Hertitage Bronze CAL This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 338 Estimate: $1,000 - 1,500 As Ed Trumble tells it, legendary actor Slim Pickins once observed that Frank Polk had “ a face that looks like it wore out three bodies!”

Polk was a cowboy raconteur, spinner of windies, wood carver, and bronze maker. A Long Rope and a Telescope is an autobiographical work, depicting the artist as a wild cow hunter in younger days.

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101 Ray Swanson 1937-2004 Winery Oil on board 11 x 15 inches Signed lower right; Signed, titled and dated 70 verso

102 Ray Swanson 1937-2004 Broken Wheel Oil on board 11 x 15 inches Signed lower left Estimate: $250 - 450

Estimate: $300 - 600 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

103 Ray Swanson 1937-2004 More Burgundy Oil on board 11 x 15 inches Signed lower right; Signed and titled verso Estimate: $250 - 450 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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104 Ray Swanson 1937-2004 Better Days Acrylic 15 x 11 inches Signed lower right Estimate: $250 - 500

Donald “Putt” Putman studied art in Los Angeles and seemed on his way to a career in the arts when the circus called.

Putt was a Ringling Brothers strongman catcher and acrobat by day who painted after the big top went dark. He married, painted scenery for MGM, taught, and began to paint the West.

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card and post card that this art work was featured on will accompany this lot.

105 Donald (Putt) Putman 1926-2007 No Roads Acrylic 30 x 40 inches Signed lower left This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 351 Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000

106 Marianne Caroselli b. 1941 End of the Trail Oil on canvas 24 x 18 inches Signed lower center

107 Ken Longmore b. 1948 Close of the Day Watercolor 14 x 10 inches Signed lower right and dated 1986

Estimate: $300 - 600

Estimate: $400 - 600

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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108 Alfredo Rodriguez b. 1954 Two Feathers Oil on canvas 24 x 18 inches Signed lower right This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 148 Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany all lots on this page.

When Alfredo Rodriguez was 20, a Texas promoter met the young artist and brought him to the United States from his native Mexico. Though Rodriguez came from a poor family, he lived near a famous painter, Santiago Rosas, who gave the young man his first lessons in art. Rodriguez’s paintings of mountain men and Native Americans and other Western figures are highly realistic but very soulful.

109 Alfredo Rodriguez b. 1954 Chief Strong Wind Oil on canvas 22 x 28 inches Signed lower left This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 149

110 Alfredo Rodriguez b. 1954 Bless Our Land Oil on canvas 20 x 24 inches Signed lower left Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000

Estimate: $2,500 - 3,500

111 Alfredo Rodriguez b. 1954 Matilda, Desert Matriarch Oil on canvas 18 x 24 inches Signed lower right Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000

112 Alfredo Rodriguez b. 1954 Sioux Country Oil on canvas 22 x 28 inches Signed lower left This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 149 Estimate: $2,500 - 3,500

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Hans Kleiber was born in Germany, but by 1906 he was in Wyoming, working for the Forest Service. Kleiber began to paint and, working in his log cabin outside Sheridan, he developed an interest in the ancient art of etching. Kleiber befriended and influenced many artists, including Sharp and Gollings, and his mastery of line in his truly fine etchings of the American West testifies to his perception and talent.

113* Hans Kleiber 1887-1967 Visitors Hand Watercolored Ecthing 8 ¾ x 11 s inches Signed lower right, titled lower left This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 350 Estimate: $500 - 700 114* Hans Kleiber 1887-1967 Christmas Eve; Dayton, Wyoming Etching 4 ¼ x 6 inches; 3 ¾ x 6 ¼ inches Signed lower right, titled lower left Estimate: $400 - 600 *A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany lot 113 and lot 114.

115 Hans Kleiber 1887-1967 Waiting at the Gate Etching 9 x 12 inches Signed lower right, titled lower left Estimate: $400 - 600

116 Hans Kleiber 1887-1967 At the Silver Dollar Etching 8 ½ x 11 ¾ inches Signed lower right and titled lower left This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 350

117 Hans Kleiber 1887-1967 Down from the Hills Cattle Etching 9 x 12 inches Signed lower right, titled lower left Estimate: $400 - 600

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118 Roy (Buck) Teeter D. 2001 Snowstorm & Ranch Oil on canvas 20 x 30 inches Signed lower right Estimate: $500 - 1,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

Roy (Buck) Teeter was one of the original Bar D Wranglers, a famous quartet of cowboy crooners that plays across the West to this day. Teeter’s paintings of ranches and churches appeal directly to the senses, to beauty, serenity, and spiritual solitude.

119 Roy (Buck) Teeter D. 2001 Mountain Ranch Oil on canvas 24 x 36 inches Signed lower right Estimate: $500 - 1,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

120 Roy (Buck) Teeter D. 2001 Church Nestled in Pines Oil on canvas 20 x 30 inches Signed lower right Estimate: $500 - 1,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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121 Roy (Buck) Teeter D. 2001 Mountain Church Oil on canvas 24 x 36 inches Signed lower right Estimate: $500 - 1,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

122 Robert Wagoner b. 1928 The Picket Line Watercolor 8 x 10 inches Signed lower right

123 Robert Wagoner b. 1928 Lengthening Shadows Oil on canvas 12 x 9 inches Signed lower left

124 Robert Wagoner b. 1928 Indian Squaw In Front Of Teepees Watercolor 12 x 9 inches Signed lower center

Estimate: $400 - 800

Estimate: $400 - 600

Estimate: $300 - 600

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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125 Jack Roberts 1920-2000 The Feast Oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches Signed lower right

126 Jack Roberts 1920-2000 Sharing Souvenirs Oil on canvas 24 x 36 inches Signed lower left

Estimate: $600 - 900

Estimate: $800 - 1,200

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

127 Jack Roberts 1920-2000 Thanksgiving Dinner and a Long Winter Ahead Oil on canvas 24 x 36 inches Signed lower left This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 366

128 Jack Roberts 1920-2000 Looks ‘bout Right to Me, Jim! Oil on canvas 24 x 36 inches Signed lower right This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 366

Estimate: $800 - 1,200

Estimate: $800 - 1,200

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129 Jack Roberts 1920-2000 This Bottle Ain’t Gonna Last ‘Til New Year’s Oil on canvas 24 x 36 inches Signed lower right Estimate: $800 - 1,200 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card and post card that this art work was featured on will accompany this lot.

130 Brummett Echohawk 1922-2006 Santa and Teepee Gouache 11 x 15 inches Signed lower left Estimate: $800 - 1,200 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

131 Emilie Touraine b. 1939 Backlit Elk Oil on board 17 x 24 inches Signed lower left and dated ‘70 Estimate: $300 - 500 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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132 Garé Barks 1917-1993 Winter Wanderer Oil on canvas 24 x 36 inches Signed lower left This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 347 Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

133 Garé Barks 1917-1993 Gold on the Mountains Oil on board 18 x 24 inches Signed lower left; Titled verso Estimate: $800 - 1,200 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

134 Garé Barks 1917-1993 Wapiti Reveille Oil on canvas 24 x 36 inches Signed lower left Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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135 Garé Barks 1917-1993 Silent Night Oil on board 22 x 28 inches Signed lower left; Titled verso Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

Garé Barks shared her Disney style of depicting animals in a landscape with her husband, Carl, who was indeed a Disney artist, creator of— among others—Uncle Scrooge. Garé Barks’ work, especially on Christmas cards, endeared her to hosts of Leanin’ Tree buyers and fans. Thousands of cards featuring Mountain Laurel Time were sent to men and women of the armed forces serving in the Persian Gulf.

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

136 Garé Barks 1917-1993 Mountain Laurel Time Oil on canvas mounted on board 24 x 36 inches Signed lower left of center This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 347 Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000

137 Garé Barks 1917-1993 Sons of the Highland Oil on canvas 24 x 36 inches Signed lower right; Titled verso Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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138 George Dick 1916-1978 Two Flying Pheasants Oil on board 18 x 24 inches Signed lower right This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 267 Estimate: $1,000 - 1,500 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

George Dick was an outdoorsman. Peggy and Harold Samuels’s compendium, Contemporary Western Artists, states that Dick joined the U. S. Wildlife Service, traveled the West with a falcon named Margaret, and, after being wounded in World War II, recuperated in a lean-to in Jackson, regaining his strength by eating fish he caught. Dick studied with Kenneth Adams and Randall Davey and created his own approach to Western and wildlife painting. As he observed, “Most often I eliminate or subdue the background. To me, this adds to the feeling of the unknown, the vastness and the ‘foreverness’ of nature.”

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139 George Dick 1916-1978 Red Breasted Mergansers Oil on board 16 x 20 inches Signed lower right

140 George Dick 1916-1978 Three Walking Pheasant Oil on board 14 x 18 inches Signed lower left

Estimate: $500 - 700

Estimate: $900 - 1,200

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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141 George Dick 1916-1978 Stablemates Oil on board 10 x 13 inches Signed lower right This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 268 Estimate: $300 - 500 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

142 George Dick 1916-1978 Two Miles To Taos Oil on board 14 x 18 inches Signed lower left Estimate: $500 - 700

143 George Dick 1916-1978 Horse Trading Talk Oil on board 9 x 12 inches Signed lower left Estimate: $400 - 600

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144 Bonnie Shields b. 1934 End of the Trail Acrylic 18 x 14 inches Signed lower left and dated 1987 Estimate: $200 - 400 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

Bonnie Shields always wanted to be an artist, and when, as a young woman, she found herself in mule country in Tennessee, she discovered her passion— and the perfect subject for her graphic and often whimsical art. Shields, in fact, is the official Tennessee Mule Artist. Along with Mike Scovel and Boots Reynolds, Bonnie Shields formed Cowboy Cartoonists International in 1992.

CCI now has twenty members and the organization mounts several group exhibits every year.

145 Bonnie Shields b. 1934 B.S. Guide to Western Artist 1 & 2 Serigraph 16 ½ x 10 ½ inches each Signed lower right and dated 1995 Estimate: $100 - 300

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146 Bonnie Shields b. 1934 Horney Toad Oil on board 9 x 12 inches Signed lower left and dated 1985

147 Bonnie Shields b. 1934 The Day the Electricity Came to Mulehide Gouache 21 ½ x 31 ½ inches Signed lower right and dated 1992

Estimate: $100 - 300

Estimate: $300 - 600

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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148 Bill Hampton 1925-1977 Featherwind Oil on board 20 x 16 inches Signed lower right

149 Bill Hampton 1925-1977 Warrior Head Charcoal 16 x 12 inches Signed lower right

Estimate: $800 - 1,200

Estimate: $400 - 600

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

150 Bill Hampton 1925-1977 Ramrod Pencil 9 ½ x 7 ½ inches Signed lower right This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 64

151 Bill Hampton 1925-1977 Lone Hawk Oil on board 17 x 14 inches Signed lower right; Titled verso This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 169 Estimate: $700 - 1,000

Estimate: $300 - 500 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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152 Wayne Lowdermilk 1911-1964 Manhattan Cotton Oil on canvas 18 x 24 inches Signed lower right Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

Colorado artist Wayne Lowdermilk revered Albert Bierstadt. Lowdermilk 50 years old when he sold his first painting. He was beginning to enjoy an artistic career when a heart attack took his life at 53. His last painting,” To one who has been long in city pent/’Tis very sweet to look into the fair/And open face of heaven,” whose theme is taken from a John Keats poem is a poignant testament to his deep hues and soaring spaces.

153 Wayne Lowdermilk 1911-1964 To One Who Has Been Long in City Pent, ‘Tis Very Sweet to Look into the Fair and Open Face of Heaven Oil on canvas 20 x 28 inches Signed lower left This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 91 Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that this art work was featured on will accompany this lot.

154 Wayne Lowdermilk 1911-1964 Quietude Oil on canvas 20 x 30 inches Signed lower right Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000

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155 Wayne Lowdermilk 1911-1964 Mountain Lake Oil on canvas 18 x 24 inches Signed lower right Estimate: $800 - 1,600

156 Wayne Lowdermilk 1911-1964 Seascape Oil on canvas 16 x 20 inches Signed lower right Estimate: $600 - 1,000

157 Allan Husberg 1917-2008 Redwood Spring Oil on canvas 36 x 60 inches Signed lower right This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 344 Estimate: $4,000 - 6,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree post card that this art work was featured on will accompany this lot.

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158 Dan Garrett b. 1948 Glance to the Past Bronze, cast number 5/50 28 ½ inches high, 26 inches wide Signed and dated 94 This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 171

159 Bill Chappell 1919-2010 Geronimo Bronze, cast number 5/30 6 inches high Signed and dated 1968 Estimate: $300 - 600

Estimate: $2,000 - 4,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree post card that this art work was featured on will accompany this lot.

160 Andy Dagosta 1923-2009 Indian on Appaloosa Oil on board 12 x 9 inches Signed lower right Estimate: $600 - 900

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161 Don Baker b. 1946 Southern Cheyenne Chief Bronze, cast number 5/40 36 inches high Signed, titled and inscribed “Polychrome Ann Baker” This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 253 Estimate: $4,000 - 6,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree post card that this art work was featured on will accompany this lot.

162 Nate Owens b. 1944 Duet Acrylic 10 x 8 inches Signed lower left, titled and dated 92; Signed and dated verso Estimate: $400 - 600 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

163 Hildred Goodwine 1918-1998 Two Horse Heads (desc) Oil on canvas 10 x 8 inches Signed lower left Estimate: $250 - 450

164 Walter Graham 1903-2000 Dry Land Chuckwagon Oil on canvas 24 x 36 inches Signed lower right Estimate: $800 - 1,200 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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165 Bill Shaddix b. 1931 Collection of Three Paintings Estimate: $600 - 900 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

Deep Fall Oil on board 9 x 12 inches Signed lower left This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 372

Rough Country Oil on board 9 x 12 inches Signed lower left This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 372

Aspen Morning Oil on board 9 x 12 inches Signed lower left This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 372

166 Bill Shaddix b. 1931 Red Rocks In Winter Watercolor 11 x 14 inches Signed lower right; Signed, titled and inscribed “To our good friends Pat & Ed Trumble fer bein’ such nice people Bill & Bev Shaddix July 1, 1974” verso Estimate: $400 - 600

Self-taught painter Bill Shaddix was born in Dust Bowl Oklahoma and moved to Southern California, where his artistic career began.

Shaddix’s paintings are precise and poetic evocations of the West in all its season.

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167 Frank Kecskes 1920-1976 Alaskan Glacier Oil on board 24 x 36 inches Signed lower right Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

168 Allan Husberg 1917-2008 Cathedral in the Forest Oil on canvas 16 x 20 inches Signed lower right This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 345 Estimate: $600 - 900

169 Thomas Lewis 1907-1978 Shifting Sands, Yucca Oil on canvas 12 x 9 inches Signed lower right; Inscribed “Especially painted for my friend Ed Trumble on March 15, 1966 - Thomas L Lewis” verso Estimate: $200 - 400

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

170 Thomas Lewis 1907-1978 Taos Neighbors Oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches Signed lower left and inscribed “Taos” This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 392 Estimate: $300 - 500 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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171 Emilie Touraine b. 1939 Sunshine Horses Oil on board 30 x 24 inches Signed lower left and dated 69 Estimate: $500 - 1,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card and post card that this art work was featured on will accompany this lot.

Best known for paintings such as Trail Dust and Rites of Passage that place horses at the center of the history of the American West, Emilie Touraine, who called Scottsdale her home for twenty years, called her efforts “Symbolic Americana,” as she traveled the West in search of subject matter.

172 Emilie Touraine b. 1939 Trail Dust Oil on board 24 x 36 inches Signed lower left and dated 69 This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 152 Estimate: $500 - 1,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

173 Emilie Touraine b. 1939 Rites of Passage Oil on board 30 x 40 inches Signed lower left and dated 1969 This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 153 Estimate: $500 - 1,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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175 George Walbye b. 1941 First Model of Grandpa’s Saddle Bronze 3 inches high Initialed Estimate: $300 - 600

174 Buck McCain b. 1943 The Invocation Bronze, cast number FM 17 inches high Signed and dated 88 Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000

176 Bryce Pettit 20th Century Rattlesnake Bronze, cast number 5/20 12 inches high, 12 ½ inches wide Initialed and dated 08 Estimate: $600 - 1,000

177 Carol Cunningham b. 1940 Tranquility Bronze, cast number 1/27 13 inches high, 29 inches wide Signed, titled and dated 95 This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 263 Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000

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178* Frank Hamilton 1930-1999 The Crisp Winter Days Watercolor 11 x 15 inches Signed lower right and titled Estimate: $500 - 800 Watercolors of barns, old farm homes, wells, and doorways in all seasons made Frank Hamilton’s paintings a natural fit for Leanin’ Tree. Hamilton’s style is precise and quaint, exuding nostalgia for simpler times and country life.

179* Frank Hamilton 1930-1999 The Love Letter Watercolor 11 x 15 inches Signed lower right and titled

180 Frank Hamilton 1930-1999 Finally the Summer Gouache 11 x 15 inches Signed lower right and titled

Estimate: $500 - 800

Estimate: $500 - 800

181* Frank Hamilton 1930-1999 Winter’s Past Oil on board 11 x 15 inches Signed lower right and titled

182* Frank Hamilton 1930-1999 The Warm Hearth Gouache 12 x 16 inches Signed lower right and titled

Estimate: $500 - 800

Estimate: $500 - 800

*A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany lots 178, 179, 181 and 182.

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183* Frank Hamilton 1930-1999 A Country Christmas Gouache 12 x 16 inches Signed lower right and titled

184* Marco Antonio Gomez 1910-1972 Three Cowboys in Winter Oil on canvas 24 x 36 inches Signed lower right

Estimate: $500 - 800

Estimate: $800 - 1,200

185* Clarence Cuts-the-Rope b. 1935 Hot Coffee Time Oil on canvas 24 x 36 inches Signed lower right and dated 82 Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000

186* Jack Lee McLean 1924-2003 Wilderness Lodge Oil on board 24 x 36 inches Signed lower right This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 340 Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000

*A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany lots 183, 184, 185 and 186.

Jack Lee McLean painted the Canadian and American West for over fifty years. As his family, in a website devoted to his work, writes, he “invites you into his paintings to become part of the West—taking a journey through his true-to-life landscapes with the cowboy, the Indian, the packer, and his trademark, the work horse.” McLean was an avid hiker and skier and often said that the Rockies were his real studio.

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187 Bob Boomer b. 1944 Time of the Living Water (The Fisher) Wood 23 inches high Signed and dated 01

188 Charles Sultan 1913-1984 Wolf Robe - Cheyenne Chief Mixed Media 17 x 14 inches Signed lower left, titled lower right

Estimate: $800 - 1,200

Estimate: $300 - 500

189 Ron Stewart b. 1941 The Sentinel Watercolor 15 x 11 inches Signed lower left and titled

190 Al Martin Napoletano b. 1920 Rolling Stage Pen & Ink 7 x 12 inches Signed lower left

Estimate: $600 - 900

Estimate: $300 - 600

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191 Harrison Begay 1914-2012 Haebay Yahne Yah Casein 12 x 9 inches Signed lower right and titled lower left

192 Gisella Loeffler 1902-1977 Peasant Girl Gouache 13 x 10 inches Signed upper left

Estimate: $600 - 900

Estimate: $800 - 1,200

193 Lisa Danielle 20th Century Native Fathers, Native Sons Watercolor 15 x 19 inches Signed lower right and dated 1982 This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 258

194 Ron Stewart b. 1941 Autumn Morn Watercolor 11 x 15 inches Signed lower left and titled

Estimate: $800 - 1,200

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

Estimate: $800 - 1,200

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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195 Sid Burns 1916-1979 Spooked Bronze, cast number 10/12 29 inches high, 28 inches wide Signed, titled and dated 1974 This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 139 Estimate: $2,500 - 3,500 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree post card that this art work was featured on will accompany this lot.

For many years in his hometown of Laguna Beach, California, he pursued his art as a hobby. As recognition came his way, he began to sculpt full time. In 1974, he sculpted Spooked and became an overnight sensation, winning many awards for this depiction of a really rough moment in the life of a cowboy. Sid Burns’ career as a Western sculptor was just beginning when cancer took his life in 1979.

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196 Dan Bates b. 1951 Saddle on Ground Bronze, cast number 125/200 2 ½ inches high Signed

197 Monte Monteague 1929-1985 Before Sunup Bronze, cast number 5/12 13 inches high Signed, titled and dated 69

198 George Montgomery 1916-2000 The Wireless/Harmony Bronze, cast number 1/40 7 ½ inches high Signed, titled and dated 1988

Estimate: $300 - 500

Estimate: $700 - 1,000

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Cartoonist Boots Reynolds paints cowboy life where, as Ed Trumble calls it, that life is “over the edge of good taste and good sense.” Eatin’ Out is pure satire, but Poetry in Motion shows that Reynolds knows his Western Art. It’s a great pastiche of several Charlie Russell bucking bronc paintings.

Along with Mike Scovel and Bonnie Shields, Boots Reynolds formed Cowboy Cartoonists International in 1992. CCI now has twenty members and the organizations mounts several group exhibits every year.

199 Boots Reynolds 1935-2013 Eatin’ Out Acrylic 19 x 27 inches Signed lower center and dated 88 This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 74 Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

200 Boots Reynolds 1935-2013 Poetry In Motion Acrylic 24 x 36 inches Signed lower left and dated 92 This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 384 Estimate: $2,000 - 4,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

201 Joe Stahley 1894-1969 Early We Start Oil on board 24 x 40 inches Signed lower right This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 168 Estimate: $2,000 - 4,000 When he was 15, Joe Stahley rode his horse, Don, from his home in Rochester, NY to Chicago to begin his studies at the Chicago Art Institute. Stahley would go on to study with Harvey Dunn, Dean Cornwell, and Nicolai Fechin and to enjoy a successful career in illustration and in painting very fine Western scenes such as Early We Start.

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202 Robert Wagoner b. 1928 The Place Where I Worship Watercolor 12 x 18 inches Signed lower left and dated 79 lower right Estimate: $600 - 900 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

203 Robert Wagoner b. 1928 Trapper Country Oil on board 29 x 46 inches Signed lower left and dated lower right 81 This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 341 Estimate: $2,500 - 3,500 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

204 Robert Wagoner b. 1928 Forest Camp Oil on board 20 x 30 inches Signed lower left Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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205 George (Roy) Hampton 1923-1997 Old Woman Oil on board 20 x 16 inches Signed lower left Estimate: $400 - 800 206* Brummett Echohawk 1922-2006 Indian with Peacepipe Scratchboard 6 x 9 inches Signed lower right This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 80 Estimate: $300 - 600

207* Penni Anne Cross b. 1939 Ochia-Bia-E-Ches (Beautiful Woman At Night) Pastel 32 x 38 inches Signed lower right/ALAWA and dated 1978 This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 256 Estimate: $2,500 - 3,500

208 Marco Antonio Gomez 1910-1972 Apache Head Charcoal 16 x 12 inches Signed lower right; Signed and inscribed “To my very good friend Ed Trumble - With my best wishes” verso Estimate: $300 - 500

Born in the Tesuque Pueblo in New Mexico, Patrick Hinds was adopted by a California family who brought him back to the pueblo every summer. Hinds’ abstraction is modern but incorporates Pueblo motifs.

209 Patrick Swazo Hinds 1929-1974 Council of Forgotten People # 68 Oil on canvas 20 x 30 inches Signed lower right; Signed and titled verso Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500

*A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany lots 206 and 207.

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210 Dan Namingha b. 1950 Kwiri Kachina Acrylic 10 x 8 inches Signed lower left; Signed, titled and dated 2003 verso This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 200 Estimate: $400 - 800

211 Dan Namingha b. 1950 Kachina Dream State #34 Acrylic 40 x 50 inches Signed lower right This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 201 Estimate: $4,000 - 6,000

212 Dan Namingha b. 1950 Collection of Two Paintings Estimate: $800 - 1,200

Desert Mountain Acrylic 10 x 8 inches Signed lower left; Signed, titled and dated 2002 verso

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Desert Shrubs at Polacca Acrylic 10 x 8 inches Signed lower left; Signed, titled and dated 2003 verso

213 Ted De Grazia 1909-1982 Collection of Two Paintings Estimate: $600 - 800

Angels with Saguaro Pen & Ink Watercolor 5 x 3 inches Signed lower right and dated 1966, Inscribed “Arizona, USA” lower left

214 Chuck Sabatino b. 1935 Mimbres Black on White Bowl “Man with Staff & Backpack” Oil on canvas 36 x 36 inches Signed lower right; Titled verso

Woman Gathering Wood Pen & Ink Watercolor 5 x 3 inches Signed lower right and Inscribed “Arizona, USA 1966” lower left

215 Francisco Rodriguez 20th Century Huntress Oil on board 47 x 43 inches Signed lower right Estimate: $800 - 1,800

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217 Ned Mueller b. 1940 Indian Girl Oil on canvas 14 x 11 inches Signed lower left/NWR Estimate: $300 - 600

216 Arlene Hooker Fay 1937-2001 The Eternal Sitter Pastel 28 x 22 inches Signed lower left/NWR This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 260 Estimate: $2,500 - 3,500 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card and post card that this art work was featured on will accompany this lot.

A master of false modesty, as a glance at The Eternal Sitter will attest, Arlene Hooker Fay—according to Ed Trumble—once asked, “What is an artist? Am I one, or am I still practicing to be one? My creative process is to get the right color on the right number and stay inside the lines!”

218 Karen Thayer b. 1955 Joy Oil on canvas 12 x 9 inches Signed lower right and dated 1986 Estimate: $200 - 400 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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219 Roger Cooke 1941-2012 The Source Oil on board 20 x 16 inches Signed lower right; Signed and titled verso Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

Oregon artist Roger Cooke made the leap from commercial art to fine painting in 1974, when he joined the Husberg Gallery in Arizona. A prolific painter of murals, Cooke has been called the “Johnny Appleseed of America’s small-town murals.”

220 Hank Lawshe 1935-1993 10 Degrees Below Oil on canvas 20 x 16 inches Signed lower right/NWR and dated 1981 This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 179

221 Robert J. Lee b. 1921 Navajo Weaver Oil on canvas 30 x 36 inches Signed lower left

Estimate: $800 - 1,200

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500

222 Joseph Bohler b. 1938 February Snow Oil on canvas 9 x 12 inches Signed lower right and dated 1979

223 Ray Swanson 1937-2004 Snow and Aspens Oil on canvas 20 x 28 inches Signed lower right

Estimate: $400 - 600

Estimate: $600 - 800

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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224 Doug Coffin b. 1946 Totem Pole Metal 252 inches high This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 468 A copy of the book will accompany this lot Estimate: $8,000 - 14,000

Often covered in reflective surfaces so that they simultaneously mirror and blend in with the natural world. Doug Coffin’s majestic, modernist totem poles essentialize traditional forms as geometric abstractions, merging the ancient and modern worlds. This in turn, may well reflect his upbringing as a member of the Potawatomi nation in a world that revolves several removes from Potawotomi tradition.

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225 Martha Pettigrew b. 1950 Northern Exposure Bronze, cast number 2/15 89 inches high Signed and dated 2005 This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 469 A copy of the book will accompany this lot Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000

Before turning to sculpture, Martha Pettigrew was a scientific illustrator for the Nebraska State Museum.

These illustrations sparked an interest in the American Southwest—and in sculpture. Pettigrew trained with Fritz White but her work is also inspired by Francisco Zuniga, Henry Moore, and others. Of her interest in Native American subjects, Pettigrew has said, “Women are the cultural bearer of all societies, and their everyday tasks have become an endless source of inspiration for my work.” Northern Exposure, on the other hand, depicts the “ecology of the beaver pond:” beaver dams stream, pond attracts frog and fish, fish and frog attract bear, bear scraps attract raven.”

226 Jackson Hensley b. 1940 Spring Nesting Oil on canvas 66 x 86 inches Signed lower right Estimate: $10,000 - 15,000

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227 Alan Wolton b. 1934 Sun & Snow in Sedona Oil on canvas 48 x 60 inches Signed lower right This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 398 A copy of the book will accompany this lot Estimate: $4,000 - 6,000

228 Alan Wolton b. 1934 Mt. Goode Over Long Lake Oil on canvas 60 x 60 inches Signed lower right This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 399 A copy of the book will accompany this lot Estimate: $5,000 - 7,000

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229 Bill Hughes 1932-1992 Westward, The Promise Oil on canvas 36 x 48 inches Signed lower right and dated 85 Estimate: $4,000 - 6,000 Bill Hughes’s monumental Western landscapes evoke a feeling as much as they describe a place. Working in the Hudson River School tradition as it was transplanted to and transformed by the vistas of the American West— consider Albert Bierstadt, Frederic Church, Thomas Moran, and Thomas Hill, for example—Hughes finds the spirituality in his highly detailed, realistic depictions of places that are, often in large measure, imaginative. Humans and animals moving through and at one with panoramas of bold light splashing on and edging even bolder colors wrought into trees, mountains, rocks, water—these, it seems, constituted Bill Hughes’s artistic aims.

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230 Bill Hughes 1932-1992 Sailor’s Delight Oil on canvas 34 x 45 inches Signed lower right Estimate: $4,000 - 6,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree post card that this art work was featured on will accompany this lot.

231 Bill Hughes 1932-1992 Lone Coyote Oil on canvas 28 x 40 inches Signed lower left This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 402 Estimate: $4,000 - 6,000

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232 Bill Hughes 1932-1992 Freedom Run Oil on canvas 62 x 56 inches Signed lower left This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 404 A copy of the book will accompany this lot Estimate: $25,000 - 45,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree post card that this art work was featured on will accompany this lot.

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233 Keith Fay 1920-2008 The Golden Year Oil on board 12 x 16 inches Signed lower right Estimate: $600 - 900

234 Ted Blaylock b. 1946 A Winter Forest (desc) Oil on board 12 x 16 inches Signed lower right and dated 75 Estimate: $500 - 1,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

235 Ted Blaylock b. 1946 Breakin’ Trail Oil on board 12 x 16 inches Signed lower right and dated 76 Estimate: $500 - 1,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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236 Ted Blaylock b. 1946 High Diving King Acrylic 36 x 33 inches Signed lower right This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 390 A copy of the book will accompany this lot Estimate: $6,000 - 8,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card and post card that this art work was featured on will accompany this lot.

237 Bill Freeman 1927-2012 Crossing the Ridge Bronze, cast number 5/15 14 inches high, 26 ½ inches wide Signed This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 241 Estimate: $2,500 - 4,500

Bill Freeman came from an artistic family, but his path led him to the Forest Service, where he fought fires and did field research. But when his sketches began to appear in the publications of the Arizona Fish and Game Department, he circled back to art and took the wildlife and landscape of the West as his inspiration and subject.

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238 Gordon Snidow b. 1936 Race to the Wind Bronze, cast number 3/15 16 ¼ inches high, 20 inches wide Signed/CA; House Bronze This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 353 Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000 Literature: James K. Howard. Ten Years

with the Cowboy Artists of America. Flagstaff: Northland

Press. 1976. p. 66. illustrated.

239 Fritz White 1930-2010 Squaw’s Calico Bronze, cast number 8/24 22 inches high, 24 ½ inches wide Signed/CA This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 365 Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000

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Indian artifacts he found beside the Little Miami River in Ohio kindled Fritz White’s interest in the traditions and beliefs of Native Americans. White maintained that this experience allowed him to feel the presence of the past—the saga of the American Indian. As a consequence he studied voraciously and began to sculpt, first in marble, then in bronze. The Leanin’ Tree example of Hunter in the Night Sky (CAA Gold Medal, 1999) has a unique black marble base, fashioned by the artist, with the seven stars of the Big Dipper inset in bronze.

240 Fritz White 1930-2010 Hunter in the Night Sky Bronze, cast number 5/18 30 inches high, 55 inches wide Signed/CA This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 363 A copy of the book will accompany this lot Estimate: $5,000 - 10,000

241 Kirby Sattler b. 1950 Mask of God Acrylic 20 x 20 inches Signed lower left This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 205 Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000

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242 Russell Moreton 1929-1994 Seascape Oil on board 24 x 36 inches Signed lower left; Signed verso

243 Russell Moreton 1929-1994 Sanctuary Oil on board 20 x 40 inches Signed lower right; Signed and titled verso

Estimate: $300 - 500

Estimate: $300 - 500

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

244 Ruth M. Lau 20th Century Rocks At Monterey Oil on canvas 24 x 36 inches Signed lower left

245 Scott McDaniel 1926-2012 Homestead Cabin Oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches Signed lower right and dated 1974

Estimate: $300 - 600

Estimate: $500 - 1,000

246 Edward Norton Ward b. 1928 Day’s End Oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches Signed lower left Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500

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247 Ray Vinella b. 1933 Southwest Textures Oil on canvas 30 x 40 inches Signed lower left/SAI This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 395 Estimate: $2,500 - 3,500 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

248 Charles Pabst b. 1950 Fall Oasis Oil on canvas 12 x 9 inches Signed lower right; Signed verso Estimate: $600 - 900

249 Clyde Forsythe 1885-1962 Agatha’s Needle Oil on board 20 x 28 inches Signed lower left and dated 85; Signed and titled verso This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 61 Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

Beginning his career as a newspaper cartoonist working with James Swinnerton, Clyde Forsythe brushed brushes with many of the greatest American artists in the Western deserts he loved. He painted with Maynard Dixon, hobnobbed with Russell and Borein and introduced Norman Rockwell to the Saturday Evening Post.

Paintings like Agatha’s Needle, show traces of an Art Deco graphic sensibility in their rounded shapes and surprising contrasts in color.

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250 Rod Goebel 1946-1993 Pacific Palette Oil on canvas 26 x 30 inches Signed lower right This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 334 Estimate: $4,000 - 6,000 Rod Goebel was a native Texan who succumbed to the spell of Taos, becoming one of the Taos Six. What drove him to paint was the need to communicate his visceral, physical reaction to color in nature. Heavily influenced by Picasso, and working in—and then beyond—the tradition of Fechin and Gaspard, his paintings, whether they are of aspens, snowbanks, or waves, burrow directly and deeply into the viewer’s emotional memory.

251 Rod Goebel 1946-1993 Turquoise Window Oil on canvas 34 x 34 inches Signed lower right This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 335 A copy of the book will accompany this lot Estimate: $5,000 - 8,000

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252 Howard Rogers b. 1932 Fancy Pants Oil on board 9 x 9 s inches Signed lower right; Titled verso

253 Rudolph Colao 1927-2014 Flowers in Copper Vase Oil on board 9 x 12 inches Signed lower left Estimate: $300 - 500

Estimate: $600 - 900

254 Laura Robb b. 1955 Pansies Oil on canvas 14 x 11 inches Signed lower left Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000

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255 Leslie (Les) Peters 1917-2010 Elk on the Hill Oil on canvas 18 x 24 inches Signed lower right and dated 73 Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000 A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

256 Everett Kinstler b. 1926 New Mexico Oil on board 6 x 8 inches Signed lower left Estimate: $200 - 400

257 Howard Terpning b. 1927 The Story Teller - Limited Ed. Book, Plus Print and Tape Limited Edition Print, edition number 1038/1500 24 x 31 ½ inches Signed lower left, Signed in plate lower right Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000

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258 Carolyn Anderson b. 1948 Redhead Oil on board 12 x 9 inches Signed lower right

259 Carolyn Anderson b. 1948 Nude Oil on board 10 x 8 inches Signed upper left

Estimate: $750 - 1,000

Estimate: $500 - 1,000

260 Bill Hampton 1925-1977 Nude Pencil 14 x 11 inches Signed lower right Estimate: $300 - 500

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261 Robert Meyers 1919-1970 23rd Psalm Oil on board 12 x 16 inches Signed lower left; Signed and titled verso This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 321 Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000 Literature:

Marylee Moreland and Gary Temple. Robert W. “Bob” Meyers: Artist of the South Fork.

Billings, MT: The Meadowlark Gallery.

2006. p. 51 illustrated.

A copy of the book will accompany this lot.

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

Leaving the hustle of the commercial art world in New York for the life of a Wyoming rancher, Bob Meyers nonetheless kept his brush moving between chores. Meyers’s easy Western realism was beginning to attract attention when his life was cut short by a bullet in what seems to have been an old fashioned feud over a property line.

262 Robert Meyers 1919-1970 A Load Of Posts Oil on canvas 18 x 24 inches Signed lower left This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 323 Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000 Literature:

Marylee Moreland and Gary Temple. Robert W. “Bob” Meyers: Artist of the South Fork.

Billings, MT: The Meadowlark Gallery.

2006. p. 43 illustrated.

A copy of the book will accompany this lot.

A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot.

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263* Robert Meyers 1919-1970 The New Paint Mare Oil on board 8 x 12 inches Signed lower left; Signed and titled verso Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000 Literature: Marylee Moreland and Gary Temple. Robert W. “Bob” Meyers:

Artist of the South Fork. Billings, MT:

The Meadowlark Gallery. 2006.

p. 49 illustrated.

A copy of the book will accompany

this lot.

264* Robert Meyers 1919-1970 Checkin’ Fence Oil on canvas 8 x 12 inches Signed lower left This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 320 Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000 Literature:

Marylee Moreland and Gary Temple.

Robert W. “Bob” Meyers: Artist of the South Fork. Billings, MT: The Meadowlark Gallery. 2006. p. 47 illustrated.

A copy of the book will accompany this lot.

265 Robert Meyers 1919-1970 Gentle Friends Watercolor 11 x 14 inches Signed lower right This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 322 Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000 Literature:

Marylee Moreland and Gary Temple. Robert W. “Bob” Meyers: Artist of the South Fork.

Billings, MT: The Meadowlark Gallery. 2006. p. 62 illustrated.

A copy of the book will accompany this lot.

*A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany lot 263 and 264.

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Friday & Saturday • January 19-20, 2018 Index – Alphabetical by lot number Artist

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Anderson, Carolyn........................................258, 259 Baker, Don...........................................................161 Barks, Garé.....................132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137 Bates, Dan..............................................................196 Begay, Harrison......................................................191 Bender, Bill.............................................20, 21,22, 23 Blaylock, Ted..........................................234, 235, 236 Bodelson, Dan..........................................................50 Bohler, Joseph........................................................222 Boomer, Bob...........................................................187 Browning, Tom........................................................51 Burns, Sid...............................................................195

Caroselli, Marianne...............................................106 Chappell, Bill.................................45, 46, 47, 49, 159 Coffin, Doug...........................................................224 Colao, Rudolph......................................................253 Cooke, Roger..........................................................219 Crooks, Ron.............................................................93 Cross, Penni Anne..................................................207 Cunningham, Carol................................................177 Cuts-the-Rope, Clarence.........................................185

Lot #

Goebel, Rod...................................................250, 251 Gomez, Marco Antonio..................................184, 208 Goodwine, Hildred.................................................163 Graham, Walter.....................................................164

Hamilton, Frank...........178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183 Hampton, Bill........4, 5, 6, 7, 148, 149, 150, 151, 260 Hampton, George (Roy).........................................205 Hensley, Jackson...............................................55, 226 Hinds, Patrick Swazo..............................................209 Hughes, Bill............................ FC, 229, 230, 231, 232 Husberg, Allan...............................................157, 168

Johnson, Mel...........................................................12 Kecskes, Frank.....................................................167 Kerswill, Roy.......................................IFC, 56, 57, 58 Kinstler, Everett.....................................................256 Kleiber, Hans.........................113, 114, 115, 116, 117

LaRue, Walter.........................................................92

Echohawk, Brummett...................................130, 206

Lau, Ruth M.....................................................32, 244 Lawshe, Hank.........................................................220 Lee, Bob...................................................................30 Lee, Robert J..........................................................221 Lewis, Thomas................................................169, 170 Loeffler, Gisella.......................................................192 Longmore, Ken.......................................................107 Lorimer, Thomas W............................................1, 2, 3 Lowdermilk, Wayne...............152, 153, 154, 155, 156

Fay, Arlene Hooker...............................................216

McCain, Buck.......................................................174

Dagosta, Andy......................................................160 Danielle, Lisa..........................................................193 De Grazia, Ted.......................................................213 Dick, George..................138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143

Fay, Keith...............................................................233 Fogg, Howard...............76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, BC Forsythe, Clyde.......................................................249 Freeman, Bill..........................................................237 Garrett, Dan.........................................................158

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McCarty, Ray......................................................53, 54 McDaniel, Scott......................................................245 McLean, Jack Lee....................................................186 Meyers, Robert.......................261, 262, 263, 264, 265

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Miller, Vel..............................................24, 25, 27, 28 Mitchell, Lloyd......................................14, 15, 16, 17,

18, 19, 88, 89, 90, 91 Monteague, Monte.................................................197 Montgomery, George..............................................198 Moreton, Russell............................................242, 243 Moyers, William.....64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 95, 96, 97 Mueller, Ned..........................................................217

Namingha, Dan....................................210, 211, 212 Napoletano, Al Martin...........................................190

Owens, Nate.........................................................162 Pabst, Charles.......................................................248 Parkinson, Lee K......................................................31 Pedersen, Sharon.......................................................13 Peters, Leslie (Les)................................42, 43, 44, 255 Pettigrew, Martha...................................................225 Pettit, Bryce...........................................................176 Polk, Frank.............................................................100 Putman, Donald (Putt)...........................................105

Ralston, J.K................................................83, 84, 85 Reynolds, Boots..............................................199, 200 Robb, Laura............................................................254 Roberts, Jack...........71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 125, 126, 127,

128, 129 Rodriguez, Alfredo.................108, 109, 110, 111, 112 Rodriguez, Francisco..............................................215 Rogers, Howard.....................................................252

Artist

Lot #

Shaddix, Bill.............................................26, 165, 166 Shields, Bonnie...............................144, 145, 146, 147 Shope, Irvin (Shorty)...........................................98, 99 Smith, George D......................................................94 Snidow, Gordon......................................................238 Speck, Gene..............................................................33 Stahl, Ben.................................................................52 Stahley, Joe.............................................................201 Stewart, Ron...................................................189, 194 Sultan, Charles.......................................................188 Swanson, Jack.........................................60, 61, 62, 63 Swanson, Ray......35, 36, 37, 38, 101, 102, 103, 104, 223

Teeter, Roy (Buck)........................118, 119, 120, 121 Terpning, Howard..................................................257 Thayer, Karen.........................................................218 Touraine, Emilie.............................131, 171, 172, 173

Van Howd, Douglas...............................................41 Vannerson, Lucian....................................................34 Vinella, Ray............................................................247

Wagoner, Robert..........122, 123, 124, 202, 203, 204 Walbye, George......................................................175 Wands, Robert.........................................................59 Ward, Edward Norton............................................246 White, Fritz...................................................239, 240 Wolf, Bob...........................................................39, 40 Wolton, Alan.................................................227, 228

Zesch, Gene......................................................86, 87

Sabatino, Chuck....................................................214 Santee, Ross..............................................................29 Sattler, Kirby..........................................................241 Schissler, Janeen.......................................................48 Scovel, Mike...............................................8, 9, 10, 11

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Writers: James Balestrieri Photography: Rob Kaufman Hilton Head Island, SC (843) 290-8883 www.kaufmanphotography.com Design & Production Cindy & Paula Moser Phoenix, AZ (843) 441-3686 www.xmsdesigns.com Printing: Prisma Graphic Phoenix, AZ (602) 243-5777 www.prismagraphic.com