Lot 168
  • 168

James Bama

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • James Bama
  • The young mountain man
  • signed Bama, copyrighted and dated '75, l.l.; signed James E. Bama, copyrighted, dated 1975, titled and inscribed Britisher Creek, Wyo. on the reverse
  • oil on masonite
  • 16 by 20 3/8 in.
  • 40.6 by 51.8 cm.

Provenance

Coe Kerr Gallery, New York, 1975
Mr. and Mrs. Gerret van Copeland, Greenville, Delaware
Ann Bellah Copeland, New York
Acquired as a gift by the present owner from the above



Exhibited

Birmingham Museum of Art, Three Realists, 1976
Cody, Wyoming, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, James Bama, 1977
Lincoln, Nebraska, Sheldon Memorial Library, James Bama, Western Paintings, 1979, no. 43
Santa Fe, New Mexico, Gerald Peters Gallery, James Bama: A Wyoming Realist, 1985

Condition

In good condition. No apparent inpainting.
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