Eclectic | New York
Eclectic | New York
OLAF WIEGHORST | MOVING THE CHUCK
Lot Closed
May 1, 06:10 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
OLAF WIEGHORST
1899 - 1988
MOVING THE CHUCK
signed with artist's device; signed and titled on the stretcher
oil on canvas
Canvas: 28 by 38 in. (71 by 96.5 cm)
Framed: 32½ by 42¼ in. (82.6 by 107.3 cm.)
Possibly Grand Central Art Galleries, New York
Private Collection, Kansas
Private Collection, Long Island, New York (by descent, grandson of the above)
The chuckwagon, originally conceived by noted Texas cattleman Charles Goodnight, functioned as the mobile kitchen and the primary source of food for generations of cowboys as they drove cattle herds throughout the American West.