Lot 35
  • 35

GARY ERNEST SMITH | Cabbage Field Harvest

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Gary Ernest Smith
  • Cabbage Field Harvest 
  • signed GARY ERNEST SMITH © (lower right); also signed again, titled CABBAGE FIELD HARVEST (on the tacking edge)
  • oil on canvas
  • 48 by 78 inches
  • (121.9 by 198.1 cm)

Provenance

Overland Trail Fine Art Galleries, Scottsdale, Arizona
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1990

Condition

The canvas is unlined and there is minor frame abrasion at edges. Under UV: there is no apparent inpainting; some pigments fluoresce but all appear to be original.
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Catalogue Note

Gary Ernest Smith was born on a cattle ranch in Baker City, Oregon in 1942. Interested in art from an early age, he served for two years as an illustrator in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and has been a full-time artist since 1972. Smith’s works draw upon his personal experiences and often celebrate the values of hard work, self-reliance and more recently the evolution of contemporary rural America. Preferring to work with large, panoramic canvases, he utilizes bold form and color to convey emotion. Works by Smith can be found in the permanent collections of the Phoenix Art Museum, Denver Art Museum, Buffalo Bill Center of the West, among others.