EUR
CAD
AUD
GBP
MXN
HKD
CNY
MYR
SEK
SGD
CHF
THBWilliam R. Leigh (1866 – 1955) – Riding Cowboy (1915)
About Seller
11944 North Tracey Road
Hayden, ID 83835
United States
Coeur d’Alene Art Auction specializes in the finest classical Western and American Art representing past masters and outstanding contemporary artists. The auction principals have over 100 years of combined experience in selling fine art and have netted their clients over $325 million in the last fif...Read more
Live Auction in Progress ... Currently on Lot Two ways to bid:
- Leave a max absentee bid and the platform will bid on your behalf up to your maximum bid during the live auction.
- Bid live during the auction and your bids will be submitted real-time to the auctioneer.
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,500 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
| $200,000 | $25,000 |
| $500,000 | $50,000 |
| $1,000,000 | $100,000 |
About Auction
LiveNov 9, 2024
The 2024 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction Live Online Auction, to be held November 9, will feature 241 selections of unparalleled quality in Western & American Art from historical and contemporary artists such as Charles M. Russell, Edgar Payne, Frederic Remington, William R. Leigh, Maynard Dixon, Thomas Hart Benton, and more. Coeur d'Alene Art Auction info@cdaartauction.com
View Full Catalog (241)
- Lot Description
William R. Leigh (1866 – 1955)
Riding Cowboy(1915)
oil on board
12.5 × 16.25 inches
signed and dated lower right
VERSO
Label, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio
Label, J. N. Bartfield Galleries, New York, New York
Label, Whitney Gallery of Western Art, Cody, Wyoming
An original bill of sale from J. N. Bartfield Galleries will accompany the lot.
Leigh biographer June DuBois wrote, “During the lifetime of William Robinson Leigh, art critics could not agree on an appropriate label for his style. One critic, out of bounden duty, called him a ‘Romantic Realist!’ Though the description falls short, there is a degree of truth in the critic’s term, for Leigh’s sensibility and Southern heritage scarcely permitted him to view the world other than romantically.
“Every moment of living and working in the West – magnificent and awe-inspiring and ever-exciting to Leigh – proved a delight. Each autumn when he first returned to New York, aglow with inspiration, his luggage brimming with studies, life would seem wonderful.
“Leigh’s studio gradually became almost a Southwest museum in miniature. Books pertaining to the Southwest as well as other subjects of interest to Leigh – art, music, astrology, history, travel, archaeology, anthropology, among others – lined the high walls.”
In his book The Western Pony Leigh wrote, “I find in the West the truly typical and distinctively American motifs, a grandeur in Natural surroundings, a dramatic simplicity in life which can be found nowhere else. In that life, in those surroundings … marvelously varied and abundant – the horse plays a major role.”
PROVENANCE
William J. Williams, Washington, D.C.
J. N. Bartfield Galleries, New York, New York, 2012
Robert D. Reed Collection, Jacksonville, Florida
EXHIBITED
Whitney Gallery of Western Art, Cody, Wyoming, 1975
View More InformationCondition
Surface is in excellent condition. No signs of restoration.
- Buyer's Premium
