This is an original work of art graphite or charcoal drawing which is signed and dated "Landusky, Looking West" drawing by Muriel Sibell Wolle 1956. Muriel Sibell Wolle (American, 1898 – 1977) was an American artist best known for her drawings and paintings of mining communities in the western states. After a trip to Colorado in 1926, Sibell began looking for a teaching position in the West,She started teaching at the University of Colorado Boulder in 1926, and served as head of the Department of Fine Arts from 1928 to 1947. Upon her arrival in Colorado, she was struck by the beauty of the mountains and began traveling into deserted mountain mining towns to sketch the remains of communities that were fast disappearing. Her sketches and watercolors provide an invaluable record of the otherwise forgotten and lost ghost towns of Colorado and the West. Sibell also authored many articles and several books about the history of the disappearing ghost towns. She became a nationally recognized author with the publication of Stampede to Timberline, The Bonanza Trail, Montana Pay Dirt, and Timberline Tailings, which she both authored and illustrated. Stampede to Timberline went through fourteen printings, becoming a definitive guidebook for ghost town enthusiasts, although many residents objected to having their towns depicted as such. Located in the southwestern part of Phillips County, Montana, in the southwestern part of the Little Rocky Mountains, an outlier mountain range in Northcentral Montana. Named after Powell "Pike" Landusky, the now ghost town of Landusky was the site of gold mining from 1884 to 1951. The artwork is in good condition as is the painted wood frame, though the frame is chipped on the upper right side. No other marring noted. Measures 19.75"L x 17"W