Tom Ryan (1922-2011)


Color Carpet signed and inscribed 'Tom Ryan CA' (lower right)pastel on paper16 x 28in
|ProvenanceTexas Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas.Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1984.ExhibitedMidland, Texas, Nita Stewart Haley Memorial Library, Tom Ryan Exhibition, July 3-10, 1991.LiteratureS.H. McGarry, Honoring The Western Tradition: The L.D. "Brink" Brinkman Collection, Kerrville, Texas, 2003, p. 149, illustrated.The artist once wrote to L.D. Brinkman, "On a warmish spring day following a noon meal at the wagon on roundup, it's not unusual to see a cowboy stretched out on the ground taking a nap. However, in this situation it was an unusually productive year for wild flowers; hence Color Carpet."1 This pastel was completed in the artist's studio in Midland, Texas.1 Tom Ryan, unpublished letter, 12 April 1990.