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Framed Print of L.A. Huffman’s “Barringer’s Ranch” - L.A. Huffman (1835-1931), an immensely influential and historically important frontier photographer of the American West, documented Montana’s cowboys, ranchers, landscapes and native populations in their natural states. “Barringer’s Ranch” depicts a log ranch building with a stone chimney and mostly roofed with the
breaking pen on the right. In the background are fields of crops to sustain the ranch and a magnificent Montana mountain range. The Barringer Ranch, formerly the Groom Ranch, was located on the Tongue River near Ashland, Montana. The print is housed in a 20 3/4 inch by 14 7/8 inch frame with black and matting. Marked at the bottom of the print, “BARRINGERS RANCH TONGUE RIVER 1899” with “LA Huffman” on the lower right. Ranches like this served as
hubs of the cattle economy of early Montana, and forming grounds of the legendary cowboy, America’s favorite folk hero.
CONDITION: Very fine with some light storage and handling marks on the frame with a distinct image on the print itself.
Provenance: The John Fox Collection.
Estimate: 1,400 - 2,250
