Two Centuries: American Art
Two Centuries: American Art
William de la Montagne Cary
Racing the Steam Train
Lot Closed
December 11, 07:20 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
William de la Montagne Cary
1840 - 1922
Racing the Steam Train
signed W de-la Montaigne[sic] Cary (lower right); also bears inscription 'RACING THE STEAM TRAIN' and W. de la MONTAIGNE-CARY [sic] (on the reverse)
gouache and watercolor on paper
sheet: 16 3/8 by 22 3/8 inches (41.6 by 56.8 cm)
framed: 25 1/2 by 31 3/4 inches (64.8 by 80.6 cm)
Painted circa 1875.
Private collection, Scottsdale, Arizona
John Freeman Norton, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
The John F. Eulich Collection, Dallas, Texas, 1983 (acquired from the above; sold: Sotheby's, New York, December 3, 1998, lot 183)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
John Freeman Norton, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
The John F. Eulich Collection, Dallas, Texas, 1983 (acquired from the above; sold: Sotheby's, New York, December 3, 1998, lot 183)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Rick Stewart, The American West: Legendary Artists of the Frontier, Dallas, Texas, 1986, p. 42, illustrated p. 43