Mary Bonner (1887-1935), "Broncos", 1926, Hand-colored etching, sight 6 x 9.5 in., paper size 10 x 12.75 in., frame: 16.5 x 19 in.
Provenance: from the King William estate of San Antonio artist Nancy Diseker

Known for her etchings of Texas cowboys and the only noted early 20th-century woman popularizing Texas subjects, Mary Bonner lived most of her life in San Antonio with long periods of time in Paris, France. She began her formal art training at age sixteen, and her first teacher was Robert Onderdonk. She went to New York in 1922, and that summer went to France and became a student of Edouard-Henri Leon, one of France's renowned engraver. In 1924, Bonner famously exhibited 4 etchings with Texas cowboy subject matter at the Salon d'Automne in Paris. Bonner was active in the San Antonio Art League and maintained studios both there and in Paris, France

Excellent; examined out of the frame, paper size appears to be original and not trimmed. Rives watermark visible. Secured with hinges, has what appears to be acid-free paper between the back of the etching and the backing of the frame.