Steve Schrepferman. “Mother’s Touch,” 2009. William E. Weiss Purchase Award – 2009 Buffalo Bill Art Show. 62.09A&B
Current Exhibition
Showstoppers: William E. Weiss Purchase Award Winners, 1989 – 2015
Mezzanine Level over the Hub
2016 marked the 35th anniversary of the Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale, a nationally renowned event which brings together western art enthusiasts and artists in Cody, Wyoming. To celebrate this occasion, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Kriendler Gallery displayed Showstoppers, a special exhibition of the art that has been purchased for the Whitney Western Art Museum from the Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale over the years.
The paintings and sculptures on display in Showstoppers were selected for purchase by the William E. Weiss Purchase Award committee. Beginning in 1989, this committee chose a work or works from the Art Show to add to and enhance the Whitney Museum’s permanent collection. The Weiss Purchase Award winners represent a wide variety of subjects, styles, and media. They thus enrich the Whitney’s diverse holdings of contemporary art of the American West.
Jim Wilcox. “Canyon Frosting,” 2001. William E. Weiss Purchase Award – 2001 Buffalo Bill Art Show. 12.01
Buckeye Blake. “The Broken O,” 1989, William E. Weiss Purchase Award – 1989 Buffalo Bill Art Show. 4.89
