84 Ralston, J.K. - The Boasters

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This item SOLD at 2018 Jan 19 @ 14:33UTC-7 : PDT/MST
Category Art
Auction Currency USD
Start Price NA
Estimated at 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD
The Boasters
Artist: Ralston, J.K.Date of Birth: 1896-1987
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 22 x 36
Signed: Signed lower right and dated 71
Verso:
Frame/Outer Dim: 32 x 46
J.K. Ralston was born in a log home in Montana in 1896. His father drove cattle. Ralston devoted his career to the West, saying, “I worked as a cowboy for the old Seventy-Nine Ranch, the CK, the F Bar, and others. I lived and talked with men who came over the trail in the 1880’s. I saw the curtain rung down on the last of the old-time range business in Montana. I have made it my lifework to try and make the West live again in pictures.”
A copy of the Leanin’ Tree greeting card that features this art work will accompany this lot. This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 185. A copy of the book will accompany this lot