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Title: Breaking news: 'Old Man Ennis'
Post by: moremojo on April 13, 2006, 01:39:27 pm

Howdy, fellow Brokies:

I just saw something that I simply must share with you guys. At the university library at which I work, we just received the March-April 2006 (Volume XVIII, Number 2) issue of "American Art Review". Flipping through it, I saw an advertisement, on page 40, for Bozeman Trail Gallery, in Sheridan, Wyoming. The advertisment illustration is a pen-and-ink drawing by one Edward Borein (1872-1945), 6 1/2" x 3 1/2" in dimensions, of an ole grizzly cowboy with the title...'Old Man Ennis'. The caption states that the drawing is an original illustration in "The Phantom Bull" by Charles E. Perkins (page 2).

I was very excited to see this. I haven't had the time to research any of these references, but I had to let folks know of this discovery right away. And to let you know, this Bozeman Trail Gallery has a website, with the following URL:

http://www.bozemantrailgallery.com/

Excitedly,
Scott

Title: Re: Breaking news: 'Old Man Ennis'
Post by: Ellemeno on April 13, 2006, 05:45:23 pm

Thanks Scott!  Do you work at UT?  Found the picture:

http://www.bozemantrailgallery.com/picture-14.html

Title: Re: Breaking news: 'Old Man Ennis'
Post by: moremojo on April 13, 2006, 05:55:21 pm

Quote from: Ellemeno on April 13, 2006, 05:45:23 pm

Thanks Scott!  Do you work at UT?  Found the picture:

http://www.bozemantrailgallery.com/picture-14.html

Yup.

Thanks for posting that direct link to the picture. After I posted my news, I consulted the website itself, and saw the picture online. Another Wyoming Ennis for us to feast our eyes on!

Scott

Title: Re: Breaking news: 'Old Man Ennis'
Post by: Aloysius J. Gleek on April 13, 2006, 06:12:14 pm

That 'Old Man Ennis' looks like he could eat himself a camel!

Quite a character, I bet....

Title: Re: Breaking news: 'Old Man Ennis'
Post by: monimm18 on April 13, 2006, 10:35:12 pm

Wow! What an incredible coincidence. Kind of eerie, don't you thinkl? One could almaost assume it's a drawing of Ennis thirty years later - wearing a moustache as a reminder/hommage to Jack...

Thanks for posting this, Scott, and Clarissa, thank you for finding the link to the drawing.

Title: Re: Breaking news: 'Old Man Ennis'
Post by: Ellemeno on April 14, 2006, 06:20:01 pm

You're welcome, Moni.

Title: Re: Breaking news: 'Old Man Ennis'
Post by: Lumière on April 15, 2006, 02:03:22 pm

Cheers for sharing that Scott. 
What a coincidence :)

Title: Re: Breaking news: 'Old Man Ennis'
Post by: starboardlight on April 15, 2006, 02:30:45 pm

wow. that's amazing. it's a beautiful drawing. gorgeous line quality and evocative lighting. Though the brim of the hat doesn't exactly shield his eyes, the shadow does, and that reminds me of how Ennis would use his hat as a shield.