Texas Paper:
Watercolors, Pastels and Drawings from the Lone Star State
Robert Rogan, Circus at the County Fair, c. 1960, watercolor, 14 x 21 in.
Charles Schorre, Lava Cap - Big Bend, n/d, watercolor, 15 x 22 in.
Charles Bowling, Cactus Country, 1958, watercolor, 8.5 x 11.5 in.
Buck Schiwetz, Fishing Shack, 1976, watercolor, 14 x 20 in.
William Reaves Fine Art • December 10-19, 2009
The Paper Conundrum As passionate advocates of the art and a significant exhibition addressing the art history of our Lone Star State, we have topic. Our current show entitled, Texas often lamented that drawings, pastels and Paper: Watercolors, Pastels and Drawings watercolors of early Texas from the Lone Star State, artists remain largely presents sixty-five fabulous underappreciated. Works works created by forty of on paper, even those of our Texas’ foremost artists. state’s most accomplished These drawings, pastels artists, seem to receive and watercolors span some scant attention and slight seventy years, and portray regard in comparison to the artist’s creative style Texas paintings in oil on and facility in executing Richard Stout, Parkway, 1954 canvas or board. This trend is perplexing, works on paper. They depict strong Texas and seems to us to have the effect of subject matter, and while rendered in a limiting the broader public understanding broad range of styles and media, all are laid and appreciation of the complete oeuvre of down on the common foundation of paper. important Texas artists. Great artists have always worked on These are strong examples by these paper, producing artists, every bit as elegant and significant important and as their renditions on canvas. Aside from cherished images the simple pleasure which grace the of their imagery, world’s finest we believe that the museums and study of works on private collections. paper can lead to a So too has it been deeper appreciation in Texas, with of the structural Charles Criner, The Pier, n/d some of the most “bones” and significant and compelling Texas subjects creative process ever produced being executed on paper! employed by the artist in composing Robert Preusser, Head, 1947 As a means of demonstrating the his/her work. Additionally, a close inherent quality and aesthetic importance examination reveals clearer evidence of of Texas paper, we have decided to mount the artist’s hand in a finished composition. 1
Enlightened viewers will at once recognize and appreciate the nuanced elements of composition, as well as the fundamental strength of draftsmanship revealed in these fine works on paper. In Texas Paper, we invite you to spend a Ben Culwell, Untitled (Piano Player), 1942-44 bit of time with these drawings and paintings to see for yourself. Upon your inspection, we think you’ll agree with us that these works on paper merit the attention of serious collectors as important additions to fine Texas collections. In all this we hope that you enjoy, appreciate and acquire fine Texas artincluding wonderful works on paper! William Reaves, Stephen Gaskin, and Sarah Beth Wilson
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Exhibition Checklist Artist
Title
1. Adickes, David Two Men and a Boat 2. Adickes, David This is the Way the World Ends 3. Bassett, Reveau Higginbothom Farm 4. Bearden, Ed Study for Storm on the Plains 5. Bomar, Bill Spring Cascade 6. Bowling, Charles Cactus Country 7. Boynton, Jack Untitled Drawing #6 8. Boynton, Jack Untitled Drawing #9 9. Boynton, Jack Untitled with Pheasant’s Feather 10. Cox, Merle Untitled Figures 11. Cox, Merle Bird 12. Criner, Charles The Pier 13. Culwell, Ben Untitled (Piano Player) 14. Culwell, Ben Action 15. Eades, Luis Fisherman’s Wife 16. Eades, Luis Children and War 17. Fearing, Kelly Bird in Snow 18. Forsyth, Constance Colorful Mountain 19. Forsyth, Constance West Texas Mountains 20. Forsyth, Constance Cloudy Landscape 21. Frary, Michael Spherical Study 22. George, Hunter Iron Mules 23. George, Hunter Abandoned 24. Hoey, William Blackeyed Susan’s 25. Hoey, William Roses 26. Hood, Dorothy Untitled 27. Hoppe, Carl Snow in the Hill Country 28. Johnson, Harvey Redemption 29. Lee, Amy Freeman Hercules 30. Levy-Barnstone, Gertrude Sketcher 31. Millican, Barbara Spring 32. Moore, Willie Quilting by Lamplight 33. Morris, Robert Erik Satie 34. Oliver, Kermit Birds 35. Preusser, Robert Head 36. Reily, Bill Big Bend Landscape 37. Reily, Bill Scarecrows in a Field 38. Reily, Bill Diesiality 39. Reily, Bill Fish Pond 40. Rogan, Robert Circus at the County Fair 41. Schiwetz, Buck Terlingua 3
Date Medium
Size
1958 1951 c. 1948 1943 n/d 1958 1959 1957 1988 n/d n/d n/d 1942-44 1942 1957 1958 c. 1955 n/d 1966 1961 n/d 2003 2003 n/d n/d n/d n/d 2008 c. 1957 n/d 1950 c. 1975 1979 c. 1969 1947 c. 1958 1958 1953 1952 c. 1960 1948
12x10 18x22 9x11 14x21 27x19.5 8.5x11.5 11x9 11x6 21x28 10x30 14x16 22x16 8.5x5 7.75x8 11x14 14x18 8x10.5 12x16 16x22.5 17x22 18x24 9x10 11x14 7x5 7x5 13x20 7.5x9 26x20 14.5x10 18x10 20x15 23x31 7.5x7.5 9x13 12.5x9 14x21.5 14x21 17x23 16x22 14x21 10x13.5
sumi ink gouache pastel watercolor watercolor watercolor graphite mixed media mixed media watercolor oil acrylic mixed media mixed media casein casein mixed media watercolor watercolor litho crayon mixed media watercolor watercolor pen/ink pen/ink pen/ink oil/paper colored conté watercolor ink watercolor mixed media acrylic watercolor charcoal mixed media mixed media casein mixed media watercolor watercolor
Artist
42. Schiwetz, Buck 43. Schiwetz, Buck 44. Schorre, Charles 45. Sprohge, Erik 46. Staley, Earl 47. Stout, Richard 48. Stout, Richard 49. Stout, Richard 50. Sullivan, Stella 51. Sullivan, Stella 52. Swain, Elizabeth 53. Taylor, Derrick 54. Taylor, Derrick 55. Thomas, Seymour 56. Tinkle, Jack 57. Trotter, McKie 58. Trotter, McKie 59. Trotter, McKie 60. Trotter, McKie 61. Wingren, Dan 62. Worthman, Harry
Title Requiem of an Old Mill (Cuero) Fishing Shack Lava Cap - Big Bend River Rock Untitled Parkway Hill Country Balcones Escarpment Still-Life Fabric Rice Owl Column Calico Girl Four Bulls Three Bulls Red Barn Spirit of Clay Southwestern Landscape Arid Landscape Cactus Garden Walled City Flowers The Heritage (watercolor) The Heritage (drawing)
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Date Medium
Size
c. 1965 mixed media 1976 watercolor n/d watercolor 2009 watercolor 1961 gouache 1954 casein 1966 ink 1966 ink 1978 pencil 1977 pencil 1938 gouache 1956 watercolor 1956 watercolor c. 1930 watercolor c. 1958 mixed media 1955 graphite 1955 graphite c. 1956 graphite 1955 watercolor n/d watercolor 1964 watercolor 1964 charcoal
15x18.5 14x20 15x22 19x27 18x24 18x24 15x22 15x22 5x6 11.5x12 10.5x9 7x10 7x10 4.5x6.5 20x26 5.5x22 4x13 14x18 21x29.5 10.5x7 6.5x30.5 8.5x39.5
1. David Adickes, Two Men and a Boat, 1958, sumi ink, 12x10
2. David Adickes, This is the Way the World Ends, 1951, gouache, 18x22
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3. Reveau Bassett, Higginbothom Farm, c. 1948, pastel, 9x11
4. Ed Bearden, Study for Storm on the Plains, 1943, watercolor, 14x21
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5. Bill Bomar, Spring Cascade, n/d, watercolor , 27x19.5
6. Charles Bowling, Cactus Country, 1958, watercolor, 8.5x11.5
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7. Jack Boynton, Untitled Drawing #6, 1959, graphite, 11x9
8. Jack Boynton, Untitled Drawing #9, 1957, mixed media, 11x6 8
9. Jack Boynton, Untitled with Pheasant’s Feather, 1988, mixed media, 21x28
10. Merle Cox, Untitled Figures, n/d, watercolor, 10x30
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11. Merle Cox, Bird, n/d, oil, 14x16
12. Charles Criner, The Pier, n/d, acrylic, 22x16 10
13. Ben Culwell, Untitled (Piano Player), 1942-44, mixed media, 8.5x5
14. Ben Culwell, Action, 1942, mixed media, 7.75x8
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15. Luis Eades, Fisherman’s Wife, 1957, casein, 11x14
16. Luis Eades, Children and War, 1958, casein, 14x18
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17. Kelly Fearing, Bird in Snow, c. 1955, mixed media, 8x10.5
18. Constance Forsyth, Colorful Mountain, n/d, watercolor, 12x16
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19. Constance Forsyth, West Texas Mountains, 1966, watercolor, 16x22.5
20. Constance Forsyth, Cloudy Landscape, 1961, litho crayon, 17x22
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21. Michael Frary, Spherical Study, n/d, mixed media, 18x24
22. Hunter George, Iron Mules, 2003, watercolor, 9x10
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23. Hunter George, Abandoned, 2003, watercolor, 11x14
24. William Hoey, Blackeyed Susan’s, n/d, pen/ink, 7x5
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25. William Hoey, Roses, n/d, pen/ink, 7x5
26. Dorothy Hood, Untitled, n/d, pen/ink, 13x20
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27. Carl Hoppe, Snow in the Hill Country, n/d, oil/paper, 7.5x9
28. Harvey Johnson, Redemption, 2008, colored contĂŠ, 26x20
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29. Amy Freeman Lee, Hercules, c. 1957, watercolor, 14.5x10
30. Gertrude Levy-Barnstone, Sketcher, n/d, ink, 18x10
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31. Barbara Millican, Spring, 1950, watercolor, 20x15
32. Willie Moore, Quilting by Lamplight, c. 1975, mixed media, 23x31
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33. Robert Morris, Erik Satie, 1979, acrylic, 7.5x7.5
34. Kermit Oliver, Birds, c. 1969 , watercolor, 9x13
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35. Robert Preusser, Head, 1947, charcoal, 12.5x9
36. Bill Reily, Big Bend Landscape, c. 1958, mixed media, 14x21.5
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37. Bill Reily, Scarecrows in a Field, 1958, mixed media, 14x21
38. Bill Reily, Diesiality, 1953, casein, 17x23
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39. Bill Reily, Fish Pond, 1952, mixed media, 16x22
40. Robert Rogan, Circus at the County Fair, c. 1960, watercolor, 14x21
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41. Buck Schiwetz, Terlingua, 1948, watercolor, 10x13.5
42. Buck Schiwetz, Requiem of an Old Mill (Cuero), c. 1965, mixed media, 15x18.5
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43. Buck Schiwetz, Fishing Shack, 1976, watercolor, 14x20
44. Charles Schorre, Lava Cap - Big Bend, n/d, watercolor, 15x22
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45. Erik Sprohge, River Rock, 2009, watercolor, 19x27
46. Earl Staley, Untitled, 1961, gouache, 18x24
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47. Richard Stout, Parkway, 1954, casein , 18x24
48. Richard Stout, Hill Country, 1966, ink, 15x22
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49. Richard Stout, Balcones Escarpment, 1966, ink, 15x22
50. Stella Sullivan, Still-Life Fabric, 1978, pencil, 5x6
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51. Stella Sullivan, Rice Owl Column, 1977, pencil, 11.5x12
52. Elizabeth Swain, Calico Girl, 1938, gouache, 10.5x9
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53. Derrick Taylor, Four Bulls, 1956, watercolor, 7x10
54. Derrick Taylor, Three Bulls, 1956, watercolor, 7x10
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55. Seymour Thomas, Red Barn, c. 1930, watercolor, 4.5x6.5
56. Jack Tinkle, Spirit of Clay, c. 1958, mixed media, 20x26
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57. McKie Trotter, Southwestern Landscape, 1955, graphite, 5.5x22
58. McKie Trotter, Arid Landscape, 1955, graphite, 4x13
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59. McKie Trotter, Cactus Garden, c. 1956, graphite, 14x18
60. McKie Trotter, Walled City, 1955, watercolor, 21x29.5
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61. Dan Wingren, Flowers, n/d, watercolor, 10.5x7
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62. Harry Worthman, The Heritage (watercolor), 1964, watercolor, 6.5x30.5 and The Heritage (drawing), 1964, charcoal, 8.5x39.5
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