On April 12 and 13, the Scottsdale Art Auctionwill return to Arizona to bring collectors top Western art in a variety of categories, from cowboys and cattle to bronze sculpture to works from the Taos Society of Artists.
Mark Maggiori, Living on the Edge, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 in. Estimate: $50/75,000
The first session, held on April 12 at 12:30 p.m., will include 175 lots with lower estimates that should interest first-time and novice art collectors, as well as more advanced art buyers who are looking for something specific for their existing collections. Many of the lots have estimates that range from $1,000 to $5,000, with a handful of works that stretch closer to $100,000.
Gary Lynn Roberts, Autumn Glow, oil on canvas, 42 x 50 in. Estimate: $25/35,000
Noteworthy lots include Martin Grelle’s Silent Camp (est. $60/90,000), Bill Owen’s roundup scene The Drags (est. $15/25,000) and Gary Lynn Roberts’ Autumn Glow (est. $25/35,000), which shows a town scene during winter. “Living in Montana has given me the opportunity of traveling through many small towns while enjoying the colors of autumn in the afternoon,” Roberts says of the work. “I especially like to watch the way the warm light bounces off the cool colors of the snow. I have always enjoyed witnessing the life and culture of the people in the places I have been. My objective in this painting is to share with the viewer the warm feelings I have experienced portrayed in an early 19th-century small-town setting.”
Mark Maggiori will be represented in the sale by four works: two sketches, a large oil and the artist’s first and only bronze, a standing figure titled Tom (est. $6/9,000). The oil work is Living on the Edge, showing two riders traversing the side of a steep ridge as they are backlit by the setting sun. The work is estimated at $50,000 to $75,000.
John Nieto (1936-2018, Mescalero Apache), Charging Wolf, acrylic on canvas, 24 x 20 in. Estimate: $10/15,000
Chad Poppleton’s As Luck Would Have It will be offered with estimates of $18,000 to $22,000. “After a long day in the saddle two cowboys are taking a break to water their horses where the river is wide and shallow. From the timber across the river they hear the bugle of a monarch bull elk as he gallantly guides his harem through the autumn willows on the opposite shoreline,” the artist says about the work. “The elk, with a mixture of curiosity and apprehension, start to scatter up the river to safer areas. Like any king, this bull announces his disdain for the intrusion and will start again to work tirelessly regathering the herd. The helpless cowboys can only watch as one of natures’ spectacles play out in front of them comfortably from their leather seats. No doubt the memory will ring in their ears for years to come.”
Chad Poppleton, As Luck Would Have It, oil on panel, 28 x 40 in. Estimate: $18/22,000
Other artists in the first session include Russ Vickers, Peter Hurd, David Mann, Oreland Joe, Robert Moore, Richard Schmid, Ray Swanson, Joni Falk and Harry Jackson, who is represented with a nice group of works. —
Scottsdale Art Auction, Session I
April 12, 2024, 12:30 p.m.
7176 Main Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85251
(480) 945-0225, www.scottsdaleartauction.com
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