Al Martin Napoletano (American, 1921– 2012)

Untitled (Cowboy Roundup)

Pen and ink on illustration board

Signed lower left

Board 13 1/2 x 20 inches, unframed

A Western scene depicting three vaqueros on horseback driving a herd of longhorn cattle across open terrain. Executed with Napoletano's bold pen work, the composition conveys a heightened sense of energy and controlled chaos inherent to the task. This is underscored by a longhorn in the foreground breaking from the herd, pursued by a mounted cowboy with lasso raised.

Al Martin Napoletano (American, 1921– 2012) spent most of his life living and working in the Bay Area. While trained as a machinist, he pursued art early, selling his first work in 1943. Specializing in the Old West, Napoletano illustrated for magazines including True West, Frontier Times, Old West, Horse Tales, Badmen, and Gold and Relics. He created the monthly strip 'Ranch Boys' for Western Horsemen and 'Bobwire Jack' for The Bobwire Gazette, in addition to numerous other illustrated strips and magazine features. He also produced a comic adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Bandit of Hell’s Bend for The Jasoomian.

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