
AUCTION 2022, LOT 224
Bill Owen
Cutting Out the Bull
Oil on canvas
20 x 30 inches
ESTIMATE: $18,000.00 - $28,000.00
Sold for $16,380.00
In Cowboy Artists of America, author Michael Duty writes that Bill Owen referred to cowboys as “watchers” because “they always have to be aware of what’s going on around them.” (p. 94). Owen was a working ranch hand from the time he could ride a horse, but his desire to see the lives of cowboys–as they are–represented in art, caused him to transpose his skill at “watching” from the range to the studio. Owen once said, “My objective is to chronicle the modern, working cowboy as he lives and works today… but when my working cowboy friends drop by and say ‘Bill, that’s the way it really is’, then I know that what I’m putting on canvas is truly worth the effort.” (Howard, Ten Years with the Cowboy Artists of America, p. 187.)
AUCTION 2022, LOT 224
Oil on canvas
20 x 30 inches
ESTIMATE: $18,000.00 - $28,000.00
Sold for $16,380.00
AUCTION 2022, LOT 234
Oil on canvas mounted to board
26 x 26 inches
ESTIMATE: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Sold for $29,250.00
AUCTION 2021, LOT 43
Oil on canvas
9 x 12 inches
ESTIMATE: $3,500 - $5,000
Sold for $ 8,190
AUCTION 2021, LOT 372
Oil on canvas
28 x 22 inches
ESTIMATE: $18,000 - $28,000
Sold for $ 18,720
AUCTION 2021, LOT 378
Oil on canvas
24 x 36 inches
ESTIMATE: $20,000 - $30,000
Sold for $ 43,875