Lot 171A
Tillman Parker Goodan (American, 1896-1958). "Mustang Ranchers" lithograph, ca. 1940. Signed in the plate at lower left. Till Goodan was an artist as well as a rodeo rider who created art inspired by cowboys in the American West. This wonderful and quite sizable lithograph features two cowboys rounding up mustang horses on a ranch set in a glorious western landscape. Born in Colorado, Goodan moved to California in 1905 where he became an artist and also worked on a farm as a cowhand, roper, and rodeo hand. Goodan's art focused on the world he loved and experienced firsthand. Size (image): 22" L x 29.75" W (55.9 cm x 75.6 cm) Size (frame): 26.875" L x 34.875" W (68.3 cm x 88.6 cm)
Till Goodan's early art commissions were for the Hollywood motion picture industry as well as theaters such as Graumann's Chinese Theater. Goodan continued riding in rodeos while painting cowboys, and his friends included famous Hollywood cowboys Gene Autry, Buck Jones, as well as Tom, Mix, and Roy Rogers. Interestingly, Goodan also drew imagery for the Gene Autry comic books!
Goodan spent the majority of his life in California. He set up a studio and home in Hollywood, and owned a ranch near Lebec as well as a mountain retreat in the Sierras. While Goodan painted the California landscape, many of his paintings were inspired by his love for the desert lands of Arizona and New Mexico. He painted from first-hand experience in these locations and lived a western lifestyle right until the day he died - suffering from a heart attack while serving as Grand Marshall of the Tulare California Rodeo on May 24, 1958.
Provenance: private Colorado Collection; Private Collection of a Private Colorado Family
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- Condition: This is an original lithograph. It is not a later reproduction. Mounted in a custom, museum-quality frame behind glass. While not examined outside the frame, it appears to be in outstanding condition with vivid imagery and coloring. Framing is of an impressive design, made with carefully selected, museum-quality molding and materials. Frame has a few minute (nearly invisible) scuffs/nicks, but is otherwise excellent. Minor tears to gallery paper on verso that do not impact the artwork. Fit with suspension wire and ready to display.
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