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Come and Get It
Artist
Dye, Charles R. C. "Charlie"
(1906 - 1973)
Date1961
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensionscanvas: 30 1/4 × 40 1/4 in. (76.8 × 102.2 cm)
frame: 37 × 47 in. (94 × 119.4 cm)
frame: 37 × 47 in. (94 × 119.4 cm)
ClassificationsART, 2-DIMENSIONAL
Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck
Object number83.46.23 F
DescriptionHorizontal rectangular image, depicting mealtime for cowboys at chuckwagon; cook ringing dinner triangle as cowboys ascending hill from valley below for evening meal; right half of canvas includes chuck and supply wagons, fire, and all cooking equipment; one cowboy in center just dismounted and ready to take horse's saddle off; to left appears another cowboy, who arrived few minutes earlier, saddle in hand and his horse on its back, rubbing itself in dirt; other cowboys come up hill; herds of cattle in valley below; brilliant sun rays break through great clouds and bathe valley and distant mountains.Collections
- Art of the American West
Not on view