Institutional artwork by unidentified artist featuring a western mountain view landscape with cowboy and horses, circa 1950. Nicely rendered watercolor on paper. One of two pieces by this artist in the collection, the other being another maountain view landscape. Measures 8 1/2 inches high by 11 inches wide.

This painting is from a large group of institutional artworks purchased in the 1980s. The works in this collection were produced in the 1940s and 1950s at an undesignated institution, most likely from the Midwest. Some of the works on paper were organized in presentation portfolios in what appeared to be teaching aids, sometimes organized by individual artist/creator or grouped in themes with occasional notations regarding the artists/creators intentions or in some cases diagnosis. Most are anonymous or have the signatures obscured or taped over. Many have been exhibited and I have shared many with various individuals who have had an interest in this type of artwork. One noted observer felt that these were produced during the early years of clinical interest in serious art therapy as revealed and treated through the arts.

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