Live Auction 11735Visions of the West: American Paintings from the William I. Koch Collection
Kenneth Riley (B. 1919)
Lot 40

Kenneth Riley (B. 1919)

The Guidon

Closed21 May 2015

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USD 11,250

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Kenneth Riley (B. 1919)
The Guidon
signed and dated 'Kenneth Riley/76' (lower right)
oil on masonite
17 7/8 x 24 in. (45.5 x 60.9 cm.)

Settlers West Gallery, Tucson, Arizona.
John S. DuMont.
Little John's Auction Service, Inc., Orange, California, 22 January 2008, lot 88.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Specialist note

Troops and squadrons in the cavalry relied upon guidons, flags that either narrowed to a point or forked at their fly ends, to display the branch insignia, the company letter and the battalion and regimental numbers.