Lot 284: GORDON PHILLIPS (1927-2011) BRONZE COWBOY

Gordon Dale Phillips (1927 - 2011) Bronze Cowboy "Taking a Break" 1980. Limited numbered edition 10 of only 40. Measures 7"x6 3/4"x13 5/8". Weight 9 pds 9 oz. PROVENANCE: A Charleston SC Private Estate. Gordon Phillips was born in 1927 in Boone, North Carolina. He studied at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. and became an illustrator and sculptor of conventional, realistically detailed Western subject matter. Long a commercial artist, Phillips was art director for an advertising agency, placing work in national magazines. He later devoted himself to becoming a fine artist. As his professional reputation as a artist grew, he was honored with commissions from The National Geographic Society and Smithsonian Institution an also exhibited at the prestigious Kennedy Gallery in New York City. . His work has appeared in Life, Look, Newsweek, and Time. Appearing in ""Who's Who in American Art"" since 1975, he was the first living artist whose work was purchased for certain major private collections. Gordon Phillips' work can be found in major museums in North American and Europe. He has been listed with both Christie's and Sotheby's in New York

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