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Description: BLACK AND WHITE REPRODUCTION OF PEN & INK DRAWING; WHITE MATTE BOARD. DEPICTS TWO MOUNTED COWBOYS ROPING BULL BY HORNS. CALF IN FOREGROUND. "'WRONG END ON" AND "E.F. HAGELL" HANDWRITTEN ON FRONT OF MATTE. PRINT STILL ATTACHED TO MATTE, SOME SORT OF FIXATIVE/GLUE WAS USED – NEEDS CONSERVATOR ATTENTION

History: BY DONORS' FATHER, EDWARD FREDRIC HAGELL (1895-1964). ORIGINAL WORK DONE IN 1931. DESCRIPTION READS "ROPING FROM A BRONC USUALLY HAS ITS QUOTA OF THE UNEXPECTED AND IN THIS CASE A ROPE UNDER THE TAIL DOES NOT HELP MATTERS." ALSO "THE OLDTIME COWHAND OR BRONC RIDER NOT ONLY RODE A GREEN OR UNBROKEN HORSE BUT WORKED HIM AS WELL, AND ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE ENDEAVORED TO DO THIS, KNOW WHAT IT MEANS. TO ROPE FROM ANY BRONC USUALLY HAS ITS QUOTA OF THE UNEXPECTED AND IN THIS CASE A ROPE UNDER THE TAIL DOES NOTHELP MATTERS. THE TWO RIDERS HAVE BEEN ENDEAVORING TO ROPE AND MARK AN UNBRANDED CALF OVERLOOKED AT ROUNDUP TIME. THE CALF'S MOTHER HAS OBJECTED AND IT HAS BEEN NECESSARY TO SECURE HER BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH THE MATTER AT HAND WHICH AT THE MOMENT PICTURED IS FAR FROM BEING COMPLETED." SEE PERMANENT FILE. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING THE VARIOUS DONATIONS PERTAINING TO EDWARD FREDERICK HAGELL. SEE RECORD P19960053001 FOR AN EXTENDED BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST; SEE PERMANENT FILES P19960053001, P20040009001, P20060027001, P20070008001, AND P20070012001 FOR NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, DETAILS ON PAST GALT DIRECTOR/CURATOR WILMA WOOD'S BOOK ON THE ARTIST, AND CORRESPONDANCE WITH THE HAGELL FAMILY. DRAWING REMOVED FROM FRAME MARCH, 2010.