327 Rey, Jim - A Branding in the Sandhills

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This item SOLD at 2018 Jan 20 @ 11:08UTC-7 : PDT/MST
Category Art
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A Branding in the Sandhills
Artist: Rey, JimDate of Birth: b. 1939
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 20 x 48
Signed: Signed lower right
Verso:
Frame/Outer Dim: 61 x 33
You see through A Branding in the Sandhills as if you are looking in on a real roundup moment. Jim Rey conveys all the energy of the “bawling spring calves… being roped and separated from their anxious mothers.” The cowboys know what they have to do, as do the horses, some of whom, in the foreground, seem to be taking advantage of a break in the action. The whole painting is muted and tonal, suggestive of ritual and ceremony.
This lot is illustrated in The Story of Leanin’ Tree on page 339. A copy of the book will accompany this lot