Live Auction 11735Visions of the West: American Paintings from the William I. Koch Collection
Olaf Wieghorst (1899-1988)
Lot 49

Olaf Wieghorst (1899-1988)

The Wagon

Closed21 May 2015

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Olaf Wieghorst (1899-1988)
The Wagon
signed 'O-Wieghorst' with artist's device (lower left)--signed again and inscribed with title (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
24 x 30 in. (60.9 x 76.2 cm.)

Paul and Doris Masa, Kalispell, Montana, 2006.
Coeur d'Alene Art Auction, Reno, Nevada, 23 July 2011, lot 274.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Specialist note

The chuck wagon was designed as a compact mobile kitchen that was responsible, together with its travelling cook, for supplying cowboys with sustenance on long cattle drives over famous routes like the Goodnight-Loving Trail, the Chisholm Trail and others.