Live Auction 17034American Art
Ernest Martin Hennings (1886-1956)
Lot 72

Ernest Martin Hennings (1886-1956)

Damian Mondragon

Closed22 May 2019

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USD 40,000

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Ernest Martin Hennings (1886-1956)
Damian Mondragon
signed 'E. Martin/Hennings' (lower right)
oil on canvasboard
14 x 14 in. (35.6 x 35.6 cm.)
Painted circa 1935.

The artist.
W.H. Wells, Matheson, Colorado, commissioned from the above, circa 1935.
By descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

W.H. Wells commissioned the present work circa 1935 to depict Damian Mondragon, a beloved employee of 40 years on the Wells Ranch in Matheson, Colorado.