Lot 14
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Elling William Gollings (American, 1878-1932). Untitled etching & drypoint, n.d. A charming etching of a trio of horses carrying packs on a mountain trail by cowboy artist Elling William Gollings. Gollings captures the beauty of the equine creatures as well as their natural surroundings, replete with tufts of grass, foothills topped by evergreens, and mountains in the distance. A wonderful equine portrait by Elling William Gollings whose art reflected his own personal experienceas a wrangler cowboy. Size (sight view): 6.875" L x 4.875" W (17.5 cm x 12.4 cm) Size (frame): 11.3" L x 8.875" W (28.7 cm x 22.5 cm)
About the artist: Elling William Gollings was born in 1878 in Pierce City, Idaho. Fascinated by Frederic Remington, Gollings drew from his life experiences to create paintings and drawings that depicted life in the Old West. As a young man, Gollings traveled to modest mining and ranching communities in Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Montana, working as a cowboy and a ranch hand. While ranching was a way to support himself, Gollings' interest in art ran deep. He began with a set of mail-order paints from Montgomery Ward, but developed his talent and later enrolled in the Chicago Academy of Art. Next, he moved to Wyoming, where he continued to pursue art and in time became proficient in etching. He built a studio in Sheridan, Wyoming in 1909, and focused on painting Western scenes, informed by a lifetime of first-hand experience.
The following is an endearing account about how Gollings got his start, told by Gollings himself, "In the early spring 1903 I sent to Montgomery Ward & Company for some oil colors and other equipment to paint with. When the snow went off I made a low crude attempt at picture-making. The people on the ranch where I stayed and called home thought them wonderful. That summer I covered the mess tent with charcoal studies: horse heads and certain characters who interested and asked my brother to bring me over. I built a shack and called it a studio. The skylight in the roof gave me the right to call it such. Bill Gollings February 1923" (Bill Gollings: Cowboy Artist Paintings from the Sherry Nicholas Collection University of Wyoming Art Museum, 2007 Gallery/Study Guide)
Gollings artworks have been collected by the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming, the Gilcrease Museum in Oklahoma, and the National Museum of Wildlife Art, in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, among other art institutions.
Provenance: private John Lindemann collection, Broomfield, Colorado, USA, inherited from brother, Eugene Lindemann, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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- Condition: Print has been mounted behind glass in a double matte and frame. It has not been examined outside the glass but presents with vivid imagery and a nice plate mark. Normal toning to paper and fading to matte. Frame is intact and fit with suspension hardware.
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