^Lot 103 Original Oil on Canvas

by Gerald Transpota entitled "Around the Chuckwagon". Depicting several cowboys singing and cooking around a campfire. Signed lower left and dated 1940. Measures 97 1/2"x 43 1/2" in gold gilt frame from the estate of Larry Howard-well known Arizona collector. Gerald Transpota won both gold and silver medals at the Calgary Stampede Rodeo and Art Show 1921-1925 for posters. Transpota was a muralist for Universal and Warner Brothers studios in the 1940's. The artist was a master stone engraver of coins and paper money for the National Printing and Engraving Office. He was also a noted label designer for wineries, breweries and the Fruit Growers Association.