INSIDE Santa Fe • Taos • Painters of Canyons and Deserts • Art of the Horse MAY 2019 141 Cover WAC141.indd 1 3/28/19 1:01 PM L ETTER FROM THE EDITOR MAY 2019 Monthly Preservation PUBLISHER Vincent W. Miller n the past three months I have participated in and listened to about EDITORIAL fi ve panels on Western art. One of the concerns that comes up every EDITOR Joshua Rose time is if successive generations will appreciate, and collect, Western [email protected] Iart as much as we do? This is a valid concern but I believe there are things MANAGING EDITOR Rochelle Belsito [email protected] we can do now to secure this art we love well into the future. DEPUTY EDITOR Michael Clawson I think concern should always be followed by action. And what are [email protected] these actions? I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately and I think the ASSISTANT EDITOR Alyssa M. Tidwell fi rst thing we can do is fi gure out ways to preserve the historical aspect of ASSOCIATE EDITOR Taylor Transtrum Western art. For example, last year the Couse-Sharp Historic Site in Taos, SANTA FE EDITOR John O’Hern New Mexico, purchased an old gallery space next door to them and they Francis Smith CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER are currently raising money to turn it into a research center for all the EDITORIAL INTERN Maia Gelvin Taos Society of Artists. When I found out about this project, I immediately ADVERTISING (866) 619-0841 reached out to their director, Davison Koenig, and joined the development SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Lisa Redwine [email protected] committee because this is a history we need to have preserved. It’s projects SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Christie Cavalier like this that will help continue the legacy of Western art well past our [email protected] generation. 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ON THE COVER. www.WesternArtCollector.com Ed Mell, Sonoran Kings, oil on linen, 40 x 30”. Courtesy Ed Mell Gallery, Phoenix, AZ. 4 Editors Letter 141.indd 4 3/28/19 12:58 PM SPECIAL SECTIONS CONTENTS MAY 2019 State of the Art: New Mexico 77 Previewing New Exhibitions Every Month Coast To Coast Collector’s Focus: Painting Canyons & Deserts 108 By John O’Hern Collector’s Focus: Art of the Horse 114 By John O’Hern FEATURES Couse-Sharp Site: A Timeless Pairing 50 By John O’Hern Eanger Irving Couse: House of the Swallow 58 By Virginia Couse Leavitt Eric Bowman: Layers of Light 64 By Michael Clawson Carl Rungius: Nature’s Unbroken Lines 70 By James D. Balestrieri DEPARTMENTS Western Art News 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 49 Western Art Trail 46 148 Curating the West 48 Christie’s American Art Auction New York, NY E. Martin Hennings (1886-1956), Damian Mondragon, ca. 1935, oil on canvas laid down on board, 14 x 14” Estimate: $40/60,000 AUCTIONS & EVENTS PREVIEWS 144 Heritage Auctions’ 152 Hindman’s Arts of the 119 Oil Painters of America’s American Art Auction American West Auction National Juried Exhibition Dallas, TX Denver, CO of Traditional Oils 148 Christie’s American 156 Altermann Galleries & St. George, UT Art Auction Auctioneers’ Santa Fe Auction 136 Sixth Biennial Gala New York, NY Santa Fe, NM and Art Auction 150 Sotheby’s American REPORTS Taos, NM Art Auction Bill Anton New York, NY 138 140 Western Art Show & Sale Scottsdale, AZ Prescott, AZ 15 TOC 141.indd 15 3/28/19 12:58 PM TOP WESTERN EVENTS AND AUCTIONS AT A GLANCE May 31 June 17-June 29 ALTERMANN GALLERIES & AUCTIONEERS TRAILSIDE GALLERIES April 11-13 Sept. 8-Oct. 6 Santa Fe Sale High Country Summer 33rd Annual Trappings of Texas Quest for the West Santa Fe, NM – (855) 945-0448 Jackson Hole, WY – (307) 733-3186 Alpine, TX – (432) 837-8730 Indianapolis, IN – (317) 636-8119 www.altermann.com www.trailsidegalleries.com April 16 Sept. 13-14 Bonhams’ California and Western Jackson Hole Art Auction Opening May 31 June 22-23 Paintings and Sculpture Jackson, WY – (866) 549-9278 Los Angeles, CA – (323) 850-7500 BYU MUSEUM OF ART BRIAN LEBEL’S OLD WEST EVENTS Sept. 20-21 Becoming America Brian Lebel’s Cody Old May 3 Buff alo Bill Art Show & Sale Provo, UT – (801) 422-8287 West Show & Auction Heritage Auctions’ American Art Auction Cody, WY – (888) 598-8119 www.moa.byu.edu Santa Fe, NM – (480) 779-9378 Dallas, TX – (877) 437-4824 www.oldwestevents.com Oct. 3-5 May 2019 (Date TBA) May 22 Cowboy Crossings Through June 23 Bonhams’ American Art Auction Oklahoma City, OK – (405) 478-2250 SOTHEBY’S New York, NY – (212) 710-1307 American Art Auction WESTERN SPIRIT: SCOTTSDALE’S Oct. 18-19 New York, NY – (212) 606-7000 MUSEUM OF THE WEST May 22 The Woolaroc Retrospective www.sothebys.com Photographs by Barry M. Goldwater: Christie’s American Art Auction Exhibit & Sale New York, NY – (212) 636-2000 Bartlesville, OK – (918) 336-0307 The Arizona Highways Collection www.woolaroc.org Scottsdale, AZ – (480) 686-9539 May 29 www.scottsdalemuseumwest.org Hindmans’ Arts of the American West Dec. 2019 (Date TBA) JUNE Denver, CO – (303) 825-1855 SWAIA Winter Indian Market June 26-July 7 Santa Fe, NM – (505) 983-5220 Through June 2 May 31 GREELEY STAMPEDE Dec. 12-Jan. 26, 2020 AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART Altermann Galleries & th Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale From Remington to O’Keeff e: 98 Greeley Stampede Auctioneers' Santa Fe Sale Greeley, CO – (970) 356-7787 Santa Fe, NM – (855) 945-0448 Denver, CO – (303) 291-2567 The Carter’s Greatest Hits www.greeleystampede.org Fort Worth, TX – (817) 738-1933 May 2019 (Date TBA) Jan. 25-26 www.cartermuseum.org Sotheby’s American Art Auction Brian Lebel’s Mesa Old New York, NY – (212) 606-7000 West Show & Auction Mesa, AZ – (480) 779-9378 Through June 2 JULY June 7-Aug. 11 BOOTH WESTERN ART MUSEUM Prix de West Jan. 2020 (Date TBA) Bob Kolbrener: 50 years in the West July 1-13 Oklahoma City, OK – (405) 478-2250 WinterWest Symposium Denver, CO – (303) 291-2567 Cartersville, GA – (770) 387-1300 TRAILSIDE GALLERIES June 22-23 www.boothmuseum.org Kathy Wipfl er: Pure Landscape- Brian Lebel’s Cody Old West Feb. 14-16, 2020 A Western Journey Show & Auction Southeastern Wildlife Exposition June 7-8 Jackson, WY – (307) 733-3186 Santa Fe, NM – (480) 779-9378 Charleston, SC – (843) 723-1748 NATIONAL COWBOY & WESTERN www.trailsidegalleries.com July 27 Feb. 15-March 29, 2020 HERITAGE MUSEUM Masters of the American West Through July 7 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction Prix de West Opening Weekend Reno, NV – (208) 772-9009 Los Angeles, CA – (323) 667-2000 Oklahoma City, OK – (405) 478-2250 ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM March 7-8, 2020 www.nationalcowboymuseum.org Chris Maynard: Feathers Aug.