April 2025 | Session II (Lots 243-464)
Sat, Apr 12, 2025 04:00PM EDT
Lot 323
Ed Mell (1942-2024) 24 x 18 inches
Estimate: $28,000 - $38,000
Sold for
$122,850
Sold Price includes BP
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,500 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
Artist: Ed Mell; Title: Western Bronc; Medium: Oil on linen; Dimensions: 24 x 18 inches; Signed: Signed lower right; Verso: Signed, titled and dated 2007 verso; Framed/Base: 30 x 24 inches
This lot's overall appearance is Excellent. This piece was evaluated under a black light.
Condition
Overall Dimensions
Height: 30.00
Width: 24.00
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Provenance: Private collection, Santa Barbara, CA Altermann Galleries & Auctioneers, Santa Fe, NM, 2018 Bonhams, Los Angeles, CA, 2020 Western Bronc is a more abstracted, even cubist, version of Ed Mell’s most famous work, Jack Knife—rendered in paint in 1985, as a small wax maquette in 1992 and in bronze monument in 1993. Painted in 2007, Western Bronc shows the horse still planted on the ground moments before it leaps into the air to create that famous arching shape with the cowboy clinging to its back. In addition to the more fragmented forms, Mell also blended his colors on the edges of the broken panes of colors, creating an illusion of dust, movement and chaotic energy.
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