Live Auction 2072California, Western and American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture
William Robinson Leigh (1866-1955)
Lot 45 Property from a Private Collection, Oklahoma

William Robinson Leigh (1866-1955)

Rainbow Bridge, Utah

Closed29 October 2008

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William Robinson Leigh (1866-1955)
Rainbow Bridge, Utah
signed '© W.R. Leigh (lower right)--inscribed with artist's device (lower left)

oil on canvas laid down on masonite attached to a stretcher
29 x 36 in. (73.7 x 91.4 cm.)

Private collection, Oklahoma, circa 1970s.
By descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

William Robinson Leigh traveled throughout the west in 1921 while on his honeymoon with his second wife, Ethel Traphagen. Their trip took the couple into Wyoming, Arizona, and Utah, where Leigh visited the Rainbow Bridge. The dramatic and unique natural structure inspired the artist to complete several studies of the landscape at various times of day in both sunlight and moonlight and would remain an inspirational subject matter for Leigh throughout his career.