Very Rare H.O. Robertson (1887-1970) "Dockers Riverside Hotel, 1941" Lithograph

This is a very rare H.O. Robertson award winning lithograph.  According to the seminal book "Lone Star Regionalism, The Dallas Nine and Their Circle" by Rick Stewart:

"Very little is known at this point about H. O. Robertson, who was a native of Marion, IL, and a generation older than most of the artists of the Dallas Nine and their circle.  He began exhibiting at the Dallas Art Association in 1930 and exhibited at the Texas Centennial in 1936 and the Golden Gate International Exposition in 1936.  In 1936 his painting Winter Afternoon attracted considerable local praise, and he won several purchase awards in annual exhibitions, including a Neiman-Marcus prize in 1937, awards from the Texas Print Society in 1943 and 1944, and the Allied Arts Purchase Prize in 1945.  He created a number of prints for the Lone Start Printmakers' annual circuits.  His work was illustrated in several national and international publications, including Life and London  Studio."

This print is unsigned,  but comes from the estate of fellow Dallas Nine artist John Douglass.  The print came in the same portfolio as the other Merritt Mauzey and H.O. Robertson lithos I currently have listed on ebay.  I am also including an image of this print from the "Lone Star Regionalism" book as proof of its authenticity.  This litho was catalog #133 in the "Lone Star Regionalism" exhibit.  It was also circulated as one of the Lone Star Printmakers lithographs.

 

Title: "Dockers Riverside Hotel"

Media: Lithograph

Edition Size: Edition of 25

Size: 9 1/4" x 11 7/8";  Sheet Size 12 3/4" x 13 7/8";

Date: 1941

Framing: Unframed, Unmatted; Never Mounted (no mounting tape)

Provenance: Estate of John Douglass

 

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