Leonard H. Reedy Watercolor Painting on Paper "Across the Plains"

Item Details

Leonard H. Reedy
Across the Plains
watercolor on paper
Signed
Titled and inscribed to the verso

Leonard H. Reedy (American; 1899 – 1956)
Across the Plains, n.d.
Watercolor on paper
Signed ‘Leonard H. Reedy’ to lower left
Titled and inscribed to verso
11’ W x 7.75’ H (visible image)

A watercolor painting on paper titled Across the Plains by well-listed artist Leonard Howard Reedy (1899 – 1956). This work features some cowboys trotting on horseback across an expansive desert landscape. Signed to the lower left, the work is presented in a brown wood frame with a canvas liner. It is titled and inscribed 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

- stains and residue throughout canvas liner; wear in frame includes small chips, stains, scratches, and finish loss scattered throughout.

Dimensions

- measurement of frame; visible image size measures approximately 11" W x 7.75" H.

Item #

18DCC471-043