Ernest Franklin. The Cowboy ABC. Twenty Original Drawings.
Artwork. 18 water colors. 2 black and white drawings. The drawings measure approximately 22 cm x 29 cm [8 3/4" x 11 1/2"] or 22.5 cm x 30.5 cm [9" x 12"]. For The Cowboy ABC, a likely unfinished book from bookman and publisher Ernie Bulow, Ernest Franklin, and Tony Hillerman. All but one of the drawings are signed by Ernest Franklin. A handful of the drawings have torn prepunched perforations at the head. With the following in pencil or pen on the reverse of some of the drawings: "Auger- 'Whatever Suits You Just Tickles Me Plumb to Death"; "Booger - Boogered out"; "A Dandy Duse, Dallied Down a Dogie!"; "Ez, Edam, and Eenie, Endures Endless Equality Exhumating Equine Excrements!"; "Fandango- Fancy Farc Friday Night Fanfare!"; "Guitar, 'Gut Bustin' Tear Jurkin Cheatin' Song!"; "Poisonberry Room." Very Good. Item #70631
Prize-winning Navajo artist Ernest Franklin (1942-2010) illustrated Tony Hillerman's Navajo mysteries for years. He was from Twin Lakes, New Mexico. He grew up traditionally, herding sheep and tending to the family's livestock. Franklin began drawing at an early age. He worked in many different mediums, including traditional Navajo silversmithing, rawhide braiding and leather carving, both welded and cast sculpture, ceramic pieces, pencil, oil, conte crayon and pen and ink, however it is his lively, colorful watercolors of cowboy scenes that were his personal favorites. (Reference: University of New Mexico University Libraries: https://ehillerman.unm.edu/taxonomy/term/109#sthash.NvdIRTIo.dpbs).
Price: $2,500.00