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Lot 127
Lester Hughes, Cowboy Against Blue Sky
Estimate: $500 - $800
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| $5,000 | $500 |
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Lester C. Hughes (Texas, 1938-2021), lone cowboy and packhorses, oil on canvas
sight: 16 x 20 in., frame: 19.5 23.5 in.
Provenance: Property from the ranch home of a prominent businessman in Mineral Wells, Texas
From El Paso, Texas, Lester Hughes is a self-taught artist who paints imaginative landscapes of the Southwest, often with horse-back riding cowboys intent on their duties. President Ronald Reagan purchased over a dozen paintings by Hughes, and some of them hung in the White House during Reagan's tenure.
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