Lot 5
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West/Bucking Mustangs. ca. 1894.
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Lot 5
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West/Bucking Mustangs. ca. 1894.
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PAI-XXXIX: Rare Posters
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Description
Artist: ANONYMOUS
Size: 40 x 29 1/8 in./101.7 x 74 cm
Condition: B-Tears, largely at top and bottom edges.
Printer: A. Hoen, Baltimore
Reference:
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West/Bucking Mustangs. ca. 1894.
“One of the unusual phenomena of Wild West lithography is the way art was continuously recycled; nothing was wasted. . . . In this case, Forbes’ “A Bucking Mustang” [see Buffalo Bill, 23] would become . . . Hoen’s “Bucking Mustangs.” It was not just a matter of proximity of title; the image was quite similar as well. The title typography changed, and, for some reason, the riders left and center are shown with eyes closed(possibly they have mastered the art of bucking mustangs); the largest change is . . . the rearing mustang to the right [that] has become a large bronco hurling his rider forward” (Buffalo Bill, p. 6). This version of the poster announces an appearance at Brooklyn’s Ambrose Park, with the imprint indicating that twice-daily, rain-or-shine-shows will commence on Saturday, May 12.
Size: 40 x 29 1/8 in./101.7 x 74 cm
Condition: B-Tears, largely at top and bottom edges.
Printer: A. Hoen, Baltimore
Reference:
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West/Bucking Mustangs. ca. 1894.
“One of the unusual phenomena of Wild West lithography is the way art was continuously recycled; nothing was wasted. . . . In this case, Forbes’ “A Bucking Mustang” [see Buffalo Bill, 23] would become . . . Hoen’s “Bucking Mustangs.” It was not just a matter of proximity of title; the image was quite similar as well. The title typography changed, and, for some reason, the riders left and center are shown with eyes closed(possibly they have mastered the art of bucking mustangs); the largest change is . . . the rearing mustang to the right [that] has become a large bronco hurling his rider forward” (Buffalo Bill, p. 6). This version of the poster announces an appearance at Brooklyn’s Ambrose Park, with the imprint indicating that twice-daily, rain-or-shine-shows will commence on Saturday, May 12.
