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Jack Boynton
South, Texas Landscape Surrealist Drawing of a Cigar and a Crop Duster

1984

$2,200
£1,646.49
€1,924.47
CA$3,108.77
A$3,138.05
CHF 1,803.13
MX$38,036.89
NOK 20,870.32
SEK 21,317.86
DKK 14,385.91

About the Item

Surrealist landscape of South Texas. The subject matter is a cigar that is suppose to look like a bull with a crop duster in the background. The drawing is done in graphite with brightly colored pen added to the light of the cigar. The work is signed and titled by the artist. It is dedicated to the previous owners. Artist Biography: Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Jack Boynton graduated from Lamar High School and furthered his education at Texas Christian University. He received his Masters of Fine Arts in 1955 and after that taught at the Universty of Houston, San Francisco Art Instiute and at the University of St. Thomas in Texas. He began to exhibt paintings in 1950. He was a key figure in the post-World War II Houston art scene. Boynton gained most of his attention from his modernist abstract style of painting.
  • Creator:
    Jack Boynton (1928 - 2010, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1984
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 14 in (35.56 cm)Width: 11 in (27.94 cm)Depth: 0.005 in (0.13 mm)
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  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Houston, TX
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: CA3.2019.0618.10831stDibs: LU55134659112

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