Featured in this lot is an Original Signed Watercolour, "The Old Homestead" by Craig Sheppard. Provenance: the Owen D. Mort, Jr. Collection. Owen David Mort was an American engineer who amassed an impressive collection throughout his worldwide travels. His collection has included art, artifacts and other historical items from which he has donated to museums at the University of Utah and Snite Museum of Art, the University of Notre Dame. Sheppard (1913-1978) is known primarily for his Western theme oil and watercolour paintings, though his range of graphic expression is diverse, and his work was acclaimed in numerous national and international exhibitions. He joined the Art Department at the University of Nevada in 1947, serving as the department chair before retiring in 1973. Sheppard's works are on display at the John & Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art at the University of Nevada, Reno. This watercolour on paper depicts a cowboy in the process of placing a saddle on a blanketed horse outside a corral. Shadows seem to indicate an early morning scene, the skies and mountains in the background still shrouded in the darkness of the west before dawn. The corral fence boards and posts are rough cut milled from area trees, the foreground full of yellow flower scrub brush. Signed at bottom left. This watercolour is in very nice condition, professionally mounted in a double matted wood frame. Visible art measures 10.25"W x 14.5"L, frame is 20.25"W x 23.25"L x 1.25"D, weight is 5lb, 8oz