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EDWARD BOREIN (1872-1945) The Grass Hunters Ink and gouache, 54 x 68cm Signed Born in northern California in 1872, Edward Borein travelled south to work as a cowboy at the age of twenty-one, and worked his way through California and the length of Mexico. While working on the range, the young Borein sketched from the saddle in his spare time, and then later completed more refined work in pen and ink. By the turn of the century, Borein had returned north to Oakland and set up his first studio, but by 1907 he had moved to New York to further his career. It was here that his popularity mounted, and increasingly he found a ready market for his etchings and watercolours. Unsurprisingly he found constant work as a magazine and advertisement illustrator. Due to the realism his art portrayed, and the true Western cowboy spirit it evoked, Edward Borein was quickly branded the ''cowpuncher artist'' by his friends and artist peers. In 1921, Borein settled in Santa Barbara and opened a studio in the historic El Paseo complex. According to his biographer Harold Davidson, ''By this time Borein was aware of what he was doing, and told his friends many times he was documenting the Old West as he had lived and seen it. Every detail of horse, rider, saddle and gear, longhorn, and Indian had to be right. There are many stories of some detail of an etching being challenged, but the artist remained adamant, and usually was proven correct.'' Edward Borein also proved quite prolific and produced over three hundred different etchings, a multitude of watercolours and ink drawings, and a handful of oil paintings. A significant collection of his works are held in the permanent collection at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, The present work, 'The Grass Hunters' was given by Borein to his fellow artist Louis Akin who in turn gave it to his friend Thomas A. Flynn. It was subsequently given by Flynn to Arizona Lumber Co. founder, M.J.Riordan of Flagstaff, AZ and thence by descent to the present owners. An etching with this title is based closely on this drawing. We acknowledge Santa Barbara Historical Museum for information on the artist. Provenance: Collection of M.J. Riordan, Flagstaff, Arizona, thence by decent EDWARD BOREIN (1872-1945) The Grass Hunters Ink and gouache, 54 x 68cm Signed Born in northern California in 1872, Edward Borein travelled south to work as a cowboy at the age of twenty-one, and worked his way through California and the length of Mexico. While working on the range, the young Borein sketched from the saddle in his spare time, and then later completed more refined work in pen and ink. By the turn of the century, Borein had returned north to Oakland and set up his first studio, but by 1907 he had moved to New York to further his career. It was here that his popularity mounted, and increasingly he found a ready market for his etchings and watercolours. Unsurprisingly he found constant work as a magazine and advertisement illustrator. Due to the realism his art portrayed, and the true Western cowboy spirit it evoked, Edward Borein was quickly branded the ''cowpuncher artist'' by his friends and artist peers. In 1921, Borein settled in Santa Barbara and opened a studio in the historic El Paseo complex. According to his biographer Harold Davidson, ''By this time Borein was aware of what he was doing, and told his friends many times he was documenting the Old West as he had lived and seen it. Every detail of horse, rider, saddle and gear, longhorn, and Indian had to be right. There are many stories of some detail of an etching being challenged, but the artist remained adamant, and usually was proven correct.'' Edward Borein also proved quite prolific and produced over three hundred different etchings, a multitude of watercolours and ink drawings, and a handful of oil paintings. A significant collection of his works are held in the permanent collection at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, The present work, 'The Grass Hunters' was