Leonard H. Reedy Watercolor Painting on Paper "The Rescue"
Item Details
Leonard Reedy
The Rescue
watercolor on paper
Signed
Titled to lower right, inscribed to verso
Leonard H. Reedy (American; 1899 – 1956)
Untitled, n.d.
Watercolor on paper
Signed ‘Leonard Howard Reedy’ to lower left
Titled to lower center of mat
11’ W x 8’ H (visible image)
A watercolor painting on paper of an American western scene by well-listed artist Leonard Howard Reedy (1899 – 1956). This work features a cowboy on horseback lassoing cattle. Faintly signed to the lower left, the work is presented under glass with tan matting, and housed in a gold-tone gesso and wood frame with a gold-tone metal liner. Inscriptions and a label are present to the verso.
Beyond studying at the Chicago Institute and the Academy of Fine Arts, Leonard Howard Reedy was largely self-taught as an artist. He was deeply inspired by the work of Frederic Remington, and was celebrated for his genre and action scenes of the American west. Although he was known as ’Chicago’s Cowboy Painter’, he traveled throughout the American west and southwest with Native American tribes, and lived in timber camps. Many of his works are featured in restaurants in Chicago and the surrounding area.
Condition
- some toning along edges of paper; some stains and toning throughout mat; some wear in frame includes stains, scratches, and finish loss scattered throughout.
Dimensions
- measurement of frame; visible image measures approximately 10.75" W x 7.75" H.
Item #
18DCC471-041