4 Hampton, Bill - And Then There Were None

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This item SOLD at 2018 Jan 19 @ 13:09UTC-7 : PDT/MST
Category Art
Auction Currency USD
Start Price NA
Estimated at 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD
And Then There Were None
Artist: Hampton, BillDate of Birth: 1925-1977
Medium: Oil on board
Dimensions: 20 x 16
Signed: Signed lower right
Verso: Signed and titled verso
Frame/Outer Dim: 28 x 24
Bill Hampton’s Old Gold Tooth became Leanin’ Tree’s first birthday card after Ed Trumble commissioned Western poet S. Omar Barker to compose the following verse to accompany the image: “May neither drought nor rain nor blizzard/Disturb the joy-juice in your gizzard!/And may you camp where wind won’t hit you/Where snakes won’t bite and bears won’t git you/Happy Birthday” Hampton’s humorous and soulful portraits have graced Leanin’ Tree cards ever since.
This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 62