Visions of the West Auction 2021

2021

THEBRYANMUSEUM.ORG

J.P. Bryan and the Delegados Advocate Board of The Bryan Museum cordially invite you to participate in our online Visions of the West Auction featuring a trove of unique and rare art, artifacts, and documents. The Visions of the West Auction will benefit The Bryan Museum’s education and exhibition programs.

The Bryan Museum’s mission is to bring the history of Texas and the American West to life. Through its world-class collections, exhibitions, and educational history and literacy programs, students of all ages get a chance to experience the stories of yesterday and write the stories of tomorrow.

Founded in 2015 by J.P. Bryan, a descendant of Moses Austin, the museum is located in the historic Galveston Orphans Home and is dedicated to the preservation of more than 70,000 works of art and artifacts spanning 12,000 years of history. The diverse stories of the individuals who lived in the West are captured in six galleries devoted to Native peoples, Spanish exploration, the Frontier, the Texas Republic, Statehood and Beyond, and Masters of Texas Art. The museum uses its collections to encourage visitors, researchers, and students to ask great questions, share new ideas, and understand how the decisions they make today will affect future generations.

The Delegados Advocate Board is The Bryan Museum’s most important group of volunteer leaders who enhance and advance the Museum’s mission and visibility in the community. They are prominent ambassadors for the Museum, raising awareness of the importance of preserving and promoting the history of Texas and the American West. Delegados are passionate about Western history and have a desire to build strong communities through giving back.

Table of Contents

LOT NUMBERS 1

Collector's Starter Kit

10

Dino Cornay, Untitled

2

Wayne Baize, Close to the Land

11

Native American Treasures

12

Historical Document

13

Napoleon III Tapestry Panel

14

Mike Daniel, Wisdom Keeper

15

Historical Figurines

16

Classic Texas Books

3

Edward Borein Collection

4

Chet McCarty Postcard

5

Castilian Bowl

6

Tom Lea Print

7

Spode China

8

Mystery Box

17

José Cisneros, Lithographs

9

Edward Borein, Cowboy Roping

18

The Travis Letter

PRESENTED BY

Collector's Starter Kit Starting Bid: $2,500

Edward Borein (American, 1872-1945) Two Cowboys on Horses, restrike etching.

Colt Single-Action Army Frontier Six-Shooter, circa 1904.

Mexican Chihuahua Charro Spurs with full mounted etching and simple pierced rowel c. 1980s, iron, overall 5 3/8”, band width 1 1/8”, mint condition.

LOT 1

Wayne Baize

Wayne Baize Close to the Land Starting Bid: $4,000 Oil on canvas, 24” x 36” Baize became a member of the prestigious Cowboy Artists of America in 1995. Framing is natural wood, including a carved strip and a gilt liner. Baize’s paintings and drawings have graced the covers of several horse and cattle magazines including The Quarter Horse Journal, Western Horseman, and The Texas Hereford.

LOT 2

Edward Borein Starting Bid: $1,500

Edward Borein (1872-1945) Indian on Horses, tracing by Franz Trevors, restorer.

Mule Pack, Spanish Riders. Pencil and ink on paper glued on board.

Two sketches mounted to canvas board of cowboys on trail ride.

Two litho blocks: Cowboy and Steer, Merry Christmas 34 Borein became of the most popular artists of Western scene painting. He was equally adept at ink drawing, watercolor and etching.

LOT 3

Bronc Rider Chet McCarty

Chet McCarty on Golden Rule Starting Bid: $100 Known as “The Chesterfield Kid,” Chester McCarty (1910 – 1979) was a bronc rider whose career began in the 1940s. Just before he saddled up to leave the chute, he poked a cigarette between his lips, pressing hard so the gyrations of the horse wouldn't jar it loose. Following the ride, after he had been delivered to the ground by the pickup man, he would light up and saunter back to the chutes, puffing extravagantly.

Framed: 14 ½ x 17 ½

LOT 4

Castilian Bowl

Large Castilian brass and porcelain decorative bowl.

Starting Bid: $100

LOT 5

Tom Lea Tom Lea Preliminary Study, First Surgery Starting Bid: $200

Tom Lea was commissioned to do this work of art for the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Texas Surgical Society. This print is a preliminary drawing created between 1963 and 1965. The drawing depicts Cabeza de Vaca removing an arrowhead from a Native American's chest.

It is thought the procedure took place near Pecos, Texas in 1535. The original china ink painting is in the collection of the Moody Medical Library, UT Medical Branch, Galveston, TX. Framed: 24” x 17”

LOT 6

Spode China

6 Dinner plates, 6 Salad Plates, 6 teacups, 6 saucers, 1 fruit bowl; Trade Winds Red, red bands and ships, scalloped, gold trim: This Trade Winds Red pattern was manufactured for 31 years by the Spode China company, based in the UK. 1962 – 1993.

Spode China Starting Bid: $750

LOT 7

Mystery Box

Unknown Artists 68 Pieces of various art works on paper/ mixed media

Starting Bid: $100

LOT 8

Edward Borein Edward Borein Cowboy Roping, Ink on Paper, Framed Starting Bid: $3,500

Edward Borein brought firsthand experience to his work as an artist of the American West. For much of his early adult years, he lived the life that he painted, working on cattle ranches up and down the California coast and into Mexico. He was a highly successful and sought-after illustrator and produced work for many leading publications of the day.

LOT 9

Dino Cornay

Dino Cornay Untitled, 1986 Starting Bid: $100 This signed lithograph depicts a cowboy on his horse roping a calf while other bulls stand around him near a barbwire fence. Cornay's art has been featured in several prestigious publications including American Quarter Horse, and Western Horseman. He was the poster artist for the National Cattleman’s Beef Association convention. 20”x 27"

LOT 10

Native American Treasures 2 Reproduction Native American Headdresses and Woven Basket Starting Bid: $200 The headdress feathers are turkey wing feathers with the tips dipped in dye.

The beadwork is of Sioux or Cheyenne style. The coil basket, with a lid woven with polychrome diamond and triangle designs, is thought to be made by the Coast Salish people.

LOT 11

Historical Document Land Grant – Original land grant to Eliza DeWitt of the DeWitt colony Starting Bid: $6,525

An original land grant to Eliza DeWitt of the DeWitt colony, this document was signed by José Navarro on April 15, 1831. When he was a land agent for DeWitt’s colony in the village of Gonzales, Navarro was one of the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence.

LOT 12

Tapestry

A Napoleon III Tapestry Panel Aubusson silk and wool entre fenêtre Starting Bid: $2,000

A third quarter 19th century tapestry of vertical rectangular form. In the center an ice blue shaded vase overflows with blossoming stems and trailing ivy vines. 9' 5 1/2" x 51 ¾. Overall good condition, colors slightly faded, some scattered small spots, dust buildup and restorations but otherwise a beautiful tapestry.

LOT 13

Mike Daniel Wisdom Keeper Stoneware, red clay sculpture – from the Bud Adams collection.

Starting Bid: $100 Mike Daniel is a Seminole-CreekCherokee potter and former art educator from Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

His boundary-pushing pottery can be found in Gilcrease Museum and the Five Civilized Tribes Museum, which named him a Master Artist in 2013.

Wisdom Keeper was created in the early to mid-1980s as part of a “Trail of Tears” exhibit.

The purpose of the exhibit was to represent some aspect of the different tribal groups that were forced from their homes. In every tribe there is a “wisdom keeper,” one who passes on to the next generation the oral history of the tribe.

LOT 14

Historical Figurines

King and Country Custom Historical Figurines Set Battle of San Jacinto Starting Bid: $300

Set of collectible toy soldiers from King & Country’s Remember the Alamo collection. These thirteen authentic, hand-made figures were crafted with the same care as those featured in the Bryan Museum’s diorama of the Battle of San Jacinto. This set features both Texian and Mexican figures, including Sam Houston and Santa Anna.

LOT 15

Classic Texas Books

Classic Texas Books Starting Bid: $100 A collection of six books that, collectively, speak to the unvarnished shaping of Texas. These books contain stories of Colonel Juan N. Almonte, sent to Texas from Mexico in 1833 to report on the state of affairs; of three young immigrants who wrote home from the Hill Country between 1878 and 1883; the Pulizer Prize-winning story of Sam Houston; stories from those who endured slavery; a Texas Ranger’s account of how order was maintained on the frontier in 1875; and finally, stories of the Texas landscape itself with its “natural variety and peculiar beauty.”

“A man from Iowa or Illinois will say 'I'm from the Middle West'..a Georgian or a Mississipian may admit to being merely a Southerner...but no Texan, given the opportunity, ever said otherwise than 'I'm from Texas'.” J. Frank Dobie

LOT 16

José Cisneros

Four Faces of the Borderlands Portfolio of 4 lithographs Starting Bid: $300 Set of 4 prints in a cloth portfolio created from original bust portraits by José Cisneros for the book Faces of the Borderlands, Texas Western Press, 1977. The prints are in color, with the originals being ink and watercolor. Cisneros considered these portraits among the best work he achieved, and they are indeed exceptional. When collector J.P. Bryan acquired the originals, Mr. Cisneros requested prints be made so he could have copies to hang in his home. The four portraits included in the portfolio are: Spanish Conquistador, 16th Century; Spanish Frontier Officer, Late 18th Century; Mission Indian Boy, n.d.; Mexican Muleteer, Early 19th Century. Each print is accompanied by a description plate which features Jose Cisneros’ descriptions for each portrait taken along with Cisneros’ permission from Faces of the Borderlands. Prints are a limited-edition printing of 100 sets. This set is number 8 out of 100.

Facsimile signature only. Print size: 18 x 24" ea.

LOT 17

The Travis Letter

“Victory or Death” letter Starting Bid: $100 William Barret Travis’ famous “Victory or Death” letter from the Alamo, February 24, 1836. This is a reproduction given to Fred Hofheinz when he ran for Mayor of Houston in 1974.

LOT 18