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Lot description
This is an original Dan Muller (1889-1976) oil on canvas painting. The painting is titled "The Line Rider" and shows a cowboy on horseback carrying a newborn calf. The piece is accompanied by a letter from Muller explaining the story of the painting. Muller mentions in the letter that he was adopted by Buffalo Bill when he was nine years old. As stated in the letter, Muller was working at the TE Ranch in Ishawooa, Wyoming years later which was owned by Buffalo Bill. He was working out of a line camp on the ranch when he came upon a nearly frozen calf next to a dead cow. He picked up the calf and took it back to his camp where he hand fed it. When he told the story to "Uncle Bill" (Buffalo Bill), he encouraged Muller to paint the scene. From his letter: "Picture if you can, this cowboy artist painting "The Line Rider" with the one and only Buffalo Bill sitting on a chair breathing down my neck and adding criticisms...". The letter was hand written by Dan Muller to the then owner of the painting. Also included with the letter and painting is a 1936 publication of "Horses" by Dan Muller and a photograph inscribed to Ernie Reiff. This is a fantastic collection of Western art history. The painting is in good condition. The frame measures 30.5" x 38.25".