Carl Pugliese (American, 1918-1982), Bronze Paid For With Aces Full

1981, patinated bronze, edition 6/25, signed with edition number, title and date to the naturalistic terrace, the scene figuring a cowboy admiring his new boots, mounted atop a conforming walnut base with engraved gallery plaque.

Length 13 in.

Carl Pugliese was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and historian. His artwork specializes in themes relating to the American frontier and military history. After serving in World War II, he enrolled in the School of Visual Arts in New York City where he studied under artists such as Harry Fisk, Ben Dale, and Burne Hogarth. His interests in illustration art lead to several covers designs and contributions for the collectors journal Muzzle Blasts Magazine and The Journal of The Company of Military Collectors & Historians respectively, as well as illustrations for the collectors' book Confederate Edged Weapons by William A. Albaugh III (1960). Carl resided in Yonkers, New York for most of his life and passed in 1982.

Good estate condition; some light attractive greening to the patina along the base edge.