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THBDelbert Buck Cowboy with Sheep on Horseback
Lot 166a
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Delbert Buck (Navajo, b. 1976). Mixed media folk sculpture (cottonwood, fabric, wool, leather, horsehair, paper, and paint) n.d. Signed on underside of horse. A fabulous piece by self-taught Navajo artist Delbert Buck that is sure to bring a smile to one's face! A hand-carved and hand-painted cottonwood sculpture of a bespectacled cowpoke dressed in colorful Western garb with a wide-brimmed hat, chaps and gloves trimmed in leather fringe, a star-adorned belt buckle and fabulous boots, riding a horse who also wears eyeglasses and sports a white mane. In addition to carrying its rider, this visually impaired horse also carries a woolly sheep who is also decked out in Western garb, donning a cowboy hat, chaps, and boots. What's more, the beautiful spotted horse is furnished with stunning saddle blanket beneath a handsome saddle! What a fun piece to add to your collection! Size: 26" L x 6" W x 27.5" H (66 cm x 15.2 cm x 69.8 cm)
Born in Shiprock, New Mexico, self-taught Navajo folk artist Delbert Buck began creating art at age nine. At age 12, Buck began created sculpture from found objects, and at age 14 he was represented by a gallery.
More about the artist: "Delbert got a young start as a folk artist. He began making sculpture from found objects at age twelve and was represented in a gallery by the time he was fourteen. It was in 1988 that Delbert's father Wilford Buck introduced his son to trader Jack Beasley, of the Four Corners area. With his father handling the boy's art business, Delbert says he didn't even know the value of money until he was in in his teens.
He assembles constructions from found objects and cottonwood limbs, then roughly carves and paints them. His first carvings were the toy guns and the small wooden horses he and his brothers used to make. His inspirations are many.
First there were the comic books that encouraged him to think it possible for a sheep to drive a car. As he aged, he drew on personal experiences, such as his rodeo bull riding, the colorful chaps he wore in rodeos, and his trips in a single engine airplane, to inspire his sculpture.
Delbert's art is humorous and even satiric. His cowgirls and cowboys ride be-speckled skunks, buffaloes, propeller planes, rocking horses, or giraffes, with a goat in chaps and hat, or maybe a monkey or dog, riding behind. A wagon filled with pigs, Dalmatians, or chickens is pulled by a booted pig or an oxen-sized dog. It might take Delbert three to four weeks to complete one of his larger pieces.
All of his carving is by hand. He uses acrylic paint and a wide variety of found materials. Paper, fabric, yarn, and wool all find their way into his work. He even sews the clothing on his figures, as taught by his mother…" (Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian)
Delbert Buck's sculptures have been collected by the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, and other esteemed art instititions.
Delbert Buck has modestly stated, "I'm just an ordinary guy. I'm surprised how people have responded and that I can make a living from my carving." The art world has certainly received Buck favorably, and we agree with their assessment wholeheartedly!
Provenance: private Goldstein collection, Denver, Colorado, USA. The Goldstein's have amassed their collection over the past six decades.
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#177185Signed on underside of horse. Slight surface wear, otherwise excellent.Condition
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