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Dan McCaw (b. 1942) 30 x 40 inches
Lot 12

Dan McCaw (b. 1942) 30 x 40 inches

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
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Artist: Dan McCaw Title: A Warning Medium: Oil on board Dimensions: 30 x 40 inches Signed: Signed lower right Framed/Base: 41 x 51 inches

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This lot's overall appearance is Excellent. This piece was evaluated under a black light.

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Height: 41.00
Width: 51.00

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"Visualize yourself a mountain man in the early 1800's riding across the high plains with your partner, seeing the open landscape over a distance of many miles, sensing that you might be first human to ride across this vast area, sensing no danger whatsoever.  You come upon this assembly of a feathered shaft embedded in the ground surrounded by a carefully placed ring of rocks.  Is this a warning?"

The painting depicts two riders, one of which is obviously the bold leader, wearing a bright vermillion coat and no hat  whose horse is attentive to the surrounding land.  The other rider is clearly the follower, dressed in much more subdued colors, riding a horse whose head is down, paying little attention to any potential danger.  The two riders are travelling through sage-covered land whose open vistas seem tranquil, suggesting no apparent hidden dangers.  To come across this surprising shrine quickly sharpens their curiosity as to what it means, who erected it, and are its creators hidden behind the seemingly benign sagebrush that stretches on for miles in all directions.

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