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T. Allen Lawson Etching "Wyoming Cottonwoods"

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T. Allen Lawson Etching "Wyoming Cottonwoods"
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T. Allen Lawson Etching "Wyoming Cottonwoods"

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June 5, 2026 9:00 AM MDT (In Progress)
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Tim Allen Lawson (American, b. 1963). "Wyoming Cottonwoods" etching on paper, n.d. Edition 14 of 80. Hand-signed, titled, and numbered in pencil below plate. Blind stamp at lower right of paper.. A quiet meditation on the high-plains West, this etching by American artist Tim Allen Lawson (b. 1963) gathers a stand of cottonwoods at the center of a windswept Wyoming meadow. Fine, nervous lines build the trembling crowns of the trees, while parallel hatching describes the rolling grasses and a low, distant horizon. A few suggested clouds drift across an otherwise open sky, lending the composition the spareness of a plein-air observation translated into the bitten line of the copperplate. Lawson, trained at the American Academy of Art and the Lyme Academy and known primarily for his luminous oils of the northern landscape, brings the same restrained tonal sensibility to this intimate print. The sheet is hand-signed "T. Allen Lawson" in pencil at lower right, titled "Wyoming Cottonwoods" at lower center, and numbered 14/80 at lower left, with the artist's blind stamp impressed at the lower right corner of the deckle-edged paper. of print: 7" W x 5.5" H (17.8 cm W x 14.0 cm H); of paper:12" W x 11" H (30.5 cm W x 27.9 cm H).

About the artist: T. Allen Lawson (born 1963, Sheridan, Wyoming) trained at the College of Santa Fe, the American Academy of Art in Chicago, and the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts in Connecticut, where he studied under Deane G. Keller and Aaron Shikler and was later mentored by painter Ned Jacob. He returned west after his formal studies to paint the landscape around Jackson, Wyoming, often joining fellow plein air painters on backcountry pack trips.

His paintings are built up in layers of pigment, the accumulation of material becoming a structural analog for the textures and rhythms he observes in nature. Wyoming and Maine supply his primary subjects: spare, unhurried landscapes that reward the kind of patient looking he has made a professional practice. In recent years his work has broadened to incorporate historical reference, most notably a series of paintings documenting sites along the Lewis and Clark route as they appear today, made after following the expedition's full trail with a colleague.

Lawson's awards include the Prix de West Purchase Award at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, the Spirit of the West Award at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, and the Red Smith Memorial Award (twice). In 2008, he was commissioned to paint the official White House Christmas card, a view from the Truman Balcony toward the Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial, now part of the White House permanent collection. His work is held by the Smithsonian Institution, the Denver Art Museum, the Yale University Art Gallery, the Farnsworth Art Museum, and the Portland Museum of Art, among others. He lives and works between Sheridan, Wyoming, and Rockport, Maine.

Provenance: private Santa Fe, New Mexico USA collection; ex-private Maine, USA collection

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  • Condition: Pristine. Etching is in excellent overall condition. Hand-signed, titled, and numbered in pencil below plate. Blind stamp at lower right of paper.

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