273 Mister, A Full House and a Colt, Beats Four of a Kind Everytime

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Category Western Americana
Auction Currency USD
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Estimated at 16,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD
Mister, A Full House and a Colt, Beats Four of a Kind Everytime
Artist: Dudash, MichaelDate of Birth: b. 1952
Medium: Oil on linen panel
Dimensions: 32 x 48 inches
Signed: Signed lower left

Mister, a Full House and a Colt Beats Four of a Kind Everytime kind of sums up the predicament in Michael DudashÕs light-heartedÑas long as youÕre not the fellow in the tall beaverÑlook at one of the central motifs in the lore of the Old West: the card game in the saloon. EverybodyÕs on tenterhooks, the dance hall girls, the other patrons, the bartendersÑeven the stuffed bobcat and the women in the clever paintings behind the barÑwondering how the other shoe will drop. The lantern provides just enough illumination to draw the viewerÕs eye, like a moth to a flame, to the glint on the six-gun barrel.