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Jul 15, 2023
Frank McCarthy (1924 – 2002)
Down from the Mountains (1989)
oil on canvas
28 × 50 inches
signed and dated lower left
VERSO
Signed, titled, dated, and “#862”
Label, Cowboy Artists of America Museum, Kerrville, Texas
Describing this painting Elmer Kelton wrote, “Shouting in jubilation, waving hats and rifles, mountain men gallop into rendezvous for a riotous round of pelt trading, horse racing, card playing, whiskey drinking, and an all-around good time. After frenzied celebration, many will have to go into debt to outfit themselves for a return to the mountains.”
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Monroe, Connecticut
EXHIBITED
Ride Like the Wind: Horses and Horse Cultures of the American West, Cowboy Artists of America Museum, Kerrville, Texas, 1991
LITERATURE
Elmer Kelton, The Art of Frank C. McCarthy, The Greenwich Workshop Inc., 1992, pp. 58-59, illustrated
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Surface is in excellent condition. Spot of inpainting in the upper-right corner, near edge of frame.