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‘In the Hills, South Texas’ by Julian Onderdonk brought the top price at the first Dallas Fine Art Auction, selling for $101,575. Image courtesy of Dallas Fine Art Auction.

Dallas Fine Art Auction a major player in Texas-Western art market

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf

‘In the Hills, South Texas’ by Julian Onderdonk brought the top price at the first Dallas Fine Art Auction, selling for $101,575. Image courtesy of Dallas Fine Art Auction.
‘In the Hills, South Texas’ by Julian Onderdonk brought the top price at the first Dallas Fine Art Auction, selling for $101,575. Image courtesy of Dallas Fine Art Auction.
DALLAS – Dallas Fine Art Auction presented its first Western and Texas fine art auction, and proved to be a major player in both markets. With over 500 people in attendance, clients seemed to enjoy this new venture between Dallas Auction Gallery, David Dike Fine Art and Debbie Leeuw Fine Art.

The DFAA partnership began in 2010 with a goal to provide collectors and artists excellent service, personal attention and scholarly knowledge about Texas and Western art.

Scott Shuford, president of DAG said, “Dallas Fine Art Auction is the perfect way to showcase Texas and Western art through various fields of expertise and offer valuable service to artists and collectors. Dallas Fine Art Auction is proud of the results in both the Texas and Western Art categories. We would also like to thank all the contemporary artists that came to Dallas for the auction. It was a pleasure to have each one of you in our inaugural sale.”

The weekend kicked off with a cocktail reception on Friday evening, followed by a lecture Saturday morning by contemporary artist Jason Rich leading into the silent and live auction on Saturday afternoon.

Highlights from the sale included:

  • Julian Onderdonk (1882-1922), In the Hills, South Texas, 1912 oil on canvas. Canvas: 16 inches high x 24 inches wide; frame: 21.5 inches high x 29.5 inches wide. Signed lower right, “Julian Onderdonk.” Titled on verso. Presale estimate: $80,000-$120,000. Sale Price: 101,575.
  • Gordon Snidow (b. 1936), Heading for the Barn, 1981, gouache on board. Board: 24 inches high x 36 inches wide; frame: 34 inches high x 46 inches wide. Signed and dated lower right, “Snidow 1981.” Exhibited: Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art, Cowboy Artists of America, June 14-July 14, 1985. Gold Medal Winner Cowboy Artists of America, 1985. Estimate: $35,000-$45,000. Price: $53,775.
  • Charlie Dye (1906-1972), Calf Branding Time, oil on canvas. Canvas: 24 inches high x 30 inches wide; frame: 40.5 inches high x 45.5 inches wide. Signed lower right, “Charlie Dye.” Estimate: $30,000-$40,000. Price: $47,800.
  • Frank McCarthy (1924-2002), On the Banks of Little Big Horn, oil on canvas. Canvas: 18 inches high x 26 inches wide; frame: 28.5 inches x 36.5 inches wide. Signed lower left, “McCarthy.” Estimate: $20,000-$25,000. Price: $32,862.50.
  • Guiseppe D’angelico Pino (1939-2010), Glance, oil on canvas. Canvas: 40 inches high x 30 inches wide; frame: 47.5 inches high x 37.5 inches wide. Signed lower right, “Pino.” Estimate: $25,000-$35,000. Price: $35,850.
  • Paul Schumann (1876-1946), Harvesting Oysters, Galveston, oil on canvas laid on board. Board: 16 inches high x 20 inches wide; frame: 22.5 inches high x 26.5 inches wide. Signed lower right, “Paul Schumann.” Provenance: R. Prickett Collection. Estimate: $20,000-$30,000. Price: $44,812.50.
  • Jason Rich (b. 1971), A Good Place to Cross, oil on board. Board: 36 inches high x 48 inches wide; frame: 47 inches high x 58 inches wide. Signed lower left, “J. Rich.” Estimate: $18,000-$22,000. Price: $21,510.
  • Otis Dozier, (1904-1987), Untitled – goats on rocky ledge, 1964, oil on Masonite. Masonite: 23 inches high x 35.5 inches wide; frame: 29.5 inches high x 41.5 inches wide. “W. Signed and dated lower right, “Otis Dozier 64.” Estimate: $12,000-$18,000. Price: $22,705.
  • Charles Umlauf (1911-1994), Reclining Nude, 1958, bronze sculpture on rouge marble pedestal. Sculpture: 28 inches high x 68 inches long x 22.5 inches wide; pedestal: 31.5 inches high x 17.5 inches wide x 46 inches deep. Signed on bottom edge, “C. Umlauf.” Estimate: $15,000-$25,000. Price: $26,290.
  • Brian Grimm (b. 1968), Right Out of the Old West, oil on board. Board: 30 inches high x 40 inches wide; framed. Signed lower right, “Brian Grimm.” Estimate: $18,000-22,000. Price: $21,510.

Click here to view the fully illustrated catalog for this sale, complete with prices realized.

ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE

‘Calf Branding Time’ by Charlie Dye sold for $47,800. Image courtesy of Dallas Fine Art Auction.
‘Calf Branding Time’ by Charlie Dye sold for $47,800. Image courtesy of Dallas Fine Art Auction.
Untitled – goats on rocky ledge by Otis Dozier sold for $22,705. Image courtesy of Dallas Fine Art Auction.
Untitled – goats on rocky ledge by Otis Dozier sold for $22,705. Image courtesy of Dallas Fine Art Auction.
‘A Good Place to Cross’ by Jason Rich sold for $21,510. Rich shows annually in the Prix de West and the Masters of the American West Exhibition. Image courtesy of Dallas Fine Art Auction.
‘A Good Place to Cross’ by Jason Rich sold for $21,510. Rich shows annually in the Prix de West and the Masters of the American West Exhibition. Image courtesy of Dallas Fine Art Auction.
‘Glance’ by Guiseppe D'angelico Pino sold for $35,850. Image courtesy of Dallas Fine Art Auction.
‘Glance’ by Guiseppe D’angelico Pino sold for $35,850. Image courtesy of Dallas Fine Art Auction.
‘Heading for the Barn’ by Gordon Snidow sold for $53,775. Image courtesy of Dallas Fine Art Auction.
‘Heading for the Barn’ by Gordon Snidow sold for $53,775. Image courtesy of Dallas Fine Art Auction.