Herbert Morton Stoops (American, 1888-1948). Lady Bluebeard, Cosmopolitan magazine interior, August 1924. Oil on canvas...

Description

Herbert Morton Stoops (American, 1888-1948)
Lady Bluebeard, Cosmopolitan magazine interior, August 1924
Oil on canvas
36 x 28 inches (91.4 x 71.1 cm)
Not signed

Previously from the Collection of Ralph Kaschai

PROVENANCE:
Previously from the Estate of Charles Martignette.

EXHIBITED:
National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City, "The Pulps and the Slicks: The Golden Age of Western Illustration," November 22, 1991-March 15, 1992.

The present work is published on page 53 of the August 1924 issue of Cosmopolitan with the caption: "She couldn't have looked if she wanted to. She was too busy holding her horse's nostrils to keep him from neighing."


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