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Irving Couse (1866-1936) is perhaps the best known of all Taos artists because of reproductions of his paintings on Santa Fe Railway calendars from 1922-1934. Couse first visited Taos in 1902. He summered there every year, except 1904, before…

Bello, a pupil in the studio of Giovanni Bellini, was an Italian painter during the Renaissance period.

This item is currently on display in the Foran Family Gallery.

First produced in 1903, Buick automobiles attracted upper-middle class and upper class buyers, including professionals and others climbing the social and economic ladders. Coupes like this one on originally cost about $1,300 (approximately $14,300…

A herd of buffalo in the foreground cresting a hill on the Goodnight ranch, with a mesa in the background; under a light blue sky with white clouds.

This piece is not currently on display.

Ohio native Charles P. Shipley (1865-1943) started his saddlery near the Kansas City, Missouri stockyards in 1885, catering to working cowboys. Between 1910 and 1920, Shipley’s became better known for bits and spurs. T.E “Buck” Yarbrough was…

Painted by famous panhandle artist Frank Reaugh in 1925.

17" x 35" Painting of a white and tan bull in the foreground, facing right, standing over the rest of a herd of dark cattle in the distance. All under an expansive light blue sky.

This…

This was most likely Reaugh’s masterpiece. The Approaching Herd was exhibited at the Art institute of Chicago and the Society of Western Artists in 1903 and at the Texas State Fair in 1905. It hung in the White House office of former President George…

Prior to his trip to Paris in 1888, Reaugh made pencil and pastel sketches and studies for Watering the Herd. He exhibited the painting at the national Academy of Design in New York and lent it to the Texas and Pacific Railway for promotional…

Chevrolet stopped producing cars for civilian use in February 1942 in order to fill World War II contracts and, like other motor vehicle manufacturers, did not manufacture automobiles for sale to the to the public again until 1946. As a result,…

Priced at $2, 275 (approximately $38,500 today), the approximate cost of nine Model T. Ford automobiles at the time, the Detroit electric was an upper class means of transportation. Forty-two batteries, powered the vehicle which had a top speed of…