Two Bits
Artist
B. J. O. Nordfeldt
(1878 Tullstorp, Sweden - 1955 Henderson, Texas)
Printer
Jane Abrams
(born 1940 Eau Claire, Wisconsin; lives Los Ranchos de Albuquerque)
Date1924, printed 1982
Mediumwoodcut on paper
DimensionsSheet: 15 1/8 × 11 1/8 in. (38.4 × 28.3 cm)
ClassificationsPrints & Printmaking
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Jane Abrams
Object numberPC2020.33.6
DescriptionA restrike of a block print first published in Laughing Horse #11 (September, 1924), depicting a bucking bronco looking over his back and laughing. At his feat, a man with cowboy hat and a fat cow have been struck dead. Two other lean cows escape the scene, moving in the direction of the viewer. The text below reads: "laughing horse, no. 11, two-bits."On View
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