Clarence Cuts-The-Rope Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Clarence Cuts-The-Rope Art Value Price Guide

Aug. 10, 2024
Clarence Basil Cuts the Rope Montana Painting
Est: $300 - $400
Watercolor on paper. 15 1/2" by 19 1/4" framed. Clarence Basil Cuts the Rope (1935 - 2000) was active/lived in Montana. Clarence Cuts the Rope is known for Native American, landscape painting. Excerpts from a Blaine County Journal Article by Steve Edwards published on May 24, 2017 Wells Fargo asked to donate Cuts The Rope painting to Hays center A number of locals, including the son of famed Hays-based artist Clarence Cuts The Rope, have asked Wells Fargo executives to donate a large painting, done by Cuts The Rope, to be hung in the new Hays community center when it is completed. The painting was one of two commissioned by the bank in 1982 (it was Bank of Montana at that time). Clarence Cuts The Rope died in 2000. Ada Brekke, of Chinook, was a bank employee at the time. She said, "Clarence did two paintings, one of a buffalo hunt, and the other a winter scene set in Mission Canyon. Because there wasn't room for both painting to be displayed on the ground floor, the hunting scene went upstairs and the winter scene was hung on the east wall of the main lobby." The winter scene was still there when the branch closed last week. Brekke said in the early 1990's a bank manager asked Clarence Cuts The Rope if he would trade the painting of the buffalo hunt for two smaller paintings that could be hung in the manager's office on the ground floor. Clarence agreed and the painting of the hunt was taken to be displayed in a tribal building at the Fort Belknap Agency. Two smaller paintings were still in the manager's office when the branch closed. Clarence's son, Catcher Cuts The Rope, heard of the branch closing and began efforts to keep the winter scene painting in Blaine County. He believed, "When bank officials were discussing the closing of the Chinook branch they weren't thinking about what they would do with the large winter painting in the lobby." Tara Overcast, the Lead Teller who had been overseeing the branch for the last few months it operated, said she understood that there were plans to crate the painting and send it to St. Louis for storage. Brekke and other locals got involved in the effort to help Catcher keep the painting in the area.
Davis Brothers Auction
Aug. 10, 2024
Clarence Basil Cuts the Rope Montana Painting
Est: $300 - $400
Watercolor on paper. 15 1/2" by 19 1/4" framed. Clarence Basil Cuts the Rope (1935 - 2000) was active/lived in Montana. Clarence Cuts the Rope is known for Native American, landscape painting. Excerpts from a Blaine County Journal Article by Steve Edwards published on May 24, 2017 Wells Fargo asked to donate Cuts The Rope painting to Hays center A number of locals, including the son of famed Hays-based artist Clarence Cuts The Rope, have asked Wells Fargo executives to donate a large painting, done by Cuts The Rope, to be hung in the new Hays community center when it is completed. The painting was one of two commissioned by the bank in 1982 (it was Bank of Montana at that time). Clarence Cuts The Rope died in 2000. Ada Brekke, of Chinook, was a bank employee at the time. She said, "Clarence did two paintings, one of a buffalo hunt, and the other a winter scene set in Mission Canyon. Because there wasn't room for both painting to be displayed on the ground floor, the hunting scene went upstairs and the winter scene was hung on the east wall of the main lobby." The winter scene was still there when the branch closed last week. Brekke said in the early 1990's a bank manager asked Clarence Cuts The Rope if he would trade the painting of the buffalo hunt for two smaller paintings that could be hung in the manager's office on the ground floor. Clarence agreed and the painting of the hunt was taken to be displayed in a tribal building at the Fort Belknap Agency. Two smaller paintings were still in the manager's office when the branch closed. Clarence's son, Catcher Cuts The Rope, heard of the branch closing and began efforts to keep the winter scene painting in Blaine County. He believed, "When bank officials were discussing the closing of the Chinook branch they weren't thinking about what they would do with the large winter painting in the lobby." Tara Overcast, the Lead Teller who had been overseeing the branch for the last few months it operated, said she understood that there were plans to crate the painting and send it to St. Louis for storage. Brekke and other locals got involved in the effort to help Catcher keep the painting in the area.
Davis Brothers Auction
Aug. 10, 2024
Clarence Basil Cuts the Rope Montana Painting
Est: $600 - $800
29 1/2" by 53 1/2" framed, 24" by 48" unframed. Clarence Basil Cuts the Rope (1935 - 2000) was active/lived in Montana. Clarence Cuts the Rope is known for Native American, landscape painting. Excerpts from a Blaine County Journal Article by Steve Edwards published on May 24, 2017 Wells Fargo asked to donate Cuts The Rope painting to Hays center A number of locals, including the son of famed Hays-based artist Clarence Cuts The Rope, have asked Wells Fargo executives to donate a large painting, done by Cuts The Rope, to be hung in the new Hays community center when it is completed. The painting was one of two commissioned by the bank in 1982 (it was Bank of Montana at that time). Clarence Cuts The Rope died in 2000. Ada Brekke, of Chinook, was a bank employee at the time. She said, "Clarence did two paintings, one of a buffalo hunt, and the other a winter scene set in Mission Canyon. Because there wasn't room for both painting to be displayed on the ground floor, the hunting scene went upstairs and the winter scene was hung on the east wall of the main lobby." The winter scene was still there when the branch closed last week. Brekke said in the early 1990's a bank manager asked Clarence Cuts The Rope if he would trade the painting of the buffalo hunt for two smaller paintings that could be hung in the manager's office on the ground floor. Clarence agreed and the painting of the hunt was taken to be displayed in a tribal building at the Fort Belknap Agency. Two smaller paintings were still in the manager's office when the branch closed. Clarence's son, Catcher Cuts The Rope, heard of the branch closing and began efforts to keep the winter scene painting in Blaine County. He believed, "When bank officials were discussing the closing of the Chinook branch they weren't thinking about what they would do with the large winter painting in the lobby." Tara Overcast, the Lead Teller who had been overseeing the branch for the last few months it operated, said she understood that there were plans to crate the painting and send it to St. Louis for storage. Brekke and other locals got involved in the effort to help Catcher keep the painting in the area.
Davis Brothers Auction
Aug. 10, 2024
Clarence Basil Cuts the Rope Montana Painting
Est: $600 - $800
23" by 38" framed, 15" by 30" unframed. Clarence Basil Cuts the Rope (1935 - 2000) was active/lived in Montana. Clarence Cuts the Rope is known for Native American, landscape painting. Excerpts from a Blaine County Journal Article by Steve Edwards published on May 24, 2017 Wells Fargo asked to donate Cuts The Rope painting to Hays center A number of locals, including the son of famed Hays-based artist Clarence Cuts The Rope, have asked Wells Fargo executives to donate a large painting, done by Cuts The Rope, to be hung in the new Hays community center when it is completed. The painting was one of two commissioned by the bank in 1982 (it was Bank of Montana at that time). Clarence Cuts The Rope died in 2000. Ada Brekke, of Chinook, was a bank employee at the time. She said, "Clarence did two paintings, one of a buffalo hunt, and the other a winter scene set in Mission Canyon. Because there wasn't room for both painting to be displayed on the ground floor, the hunting scene went upstairs and the winter scene was hung on the east wall of the main lobby." The winter scene was still there when the branch closed last week. Brekke said in the early 1990's a bank manager asked Clarence Cuts The Rope if he would trade the painting of the buffalo hunt for two smaller paintings that could be hung in the manager's office on the ground floor. Clarence agreed and the painting of the hunt was taken to be displayed in a tribal building at the Fort Belknap Agency. Two smaller paintings were still in the manager's office when the branch closed. Clarence's son, Catcher Cuts The Rope, heard of the branch closing and began efforts to keep the winter scene painting in Blaine County. He believed, "When bank officials were discussing the closing of the Chinook branch they weren't thinking about what they would do with the large winter painting in the lobby." Tara Overcast, the Lead Teller who had been overseeing the branch for the last few months it operated, said she understood that there were plans to crate the painting and send it to St. Louis for storage. Brekke and other locals got involved in the effort to help Catcher keep the painting in the area.
Davis Brothers Auction
Aug. 10, 2024
Clarence Basil Cuts the Rope Montana Painting
Est: $600 - $800
26" by 32" framed, 18" by 24" unframed. Clarence Basil Cuts the Rope (1935 - 2000) was active/lived in Montana. Clarence Cuts the Rope is known for Native American, landscape painting. Excerpts from a Blaine County Journal Article by Steve Edwards published on May 24, 2017 Wells Fargo asked to donate Cuts The Rope painting to Hays center A number of locals, including the son of famed Hays-based artist Clarence Cuts The Rope, have asked Wells Fargo executives to donate a large painting, done by Cuts The Rope, to be hung in the new Hays community center when it is completed. The painting was one of two commissioned by the bank in 1982 (it was Bank of Montana at that time). Clarence Cuts The Rope died in 2000. Ada Brekke, of Chinook, was a bank employee at the time. She said, "Clarence did two paintings, one of a buffalo hunt, and the other a winter scene set in Mission Canyon. Because there wasn't room for both painting to be displayed on the ground floor, the hunting scene went upstairs and the winter scene was hung on the east wall of the main lobby." The winter scene was still there when the branch closed last week. Brekke said in the early 1990's a bank manager asked Clarence Cuts The Rope if he would trade the painting of the buffalo hunt for two smaller paintings that could be hung in the manager's office on the ground floor. Clarence agreed and the painting of the hunt was taken to be displayed in a tribal building at the Fort Belknap Agency. Two smaller paintings were still in the manager's office when the branch closed. Clarence's son, Catcher Cuts The Rope, heard of the branch closing and began efforts to keep the winter scene painting in Blaine County. He believed, "When bank officials were discussing the closing of the Chinook branch they weren't thinking about what they would do with the large winter painting in the lobby." Tara Overcast, the Lead Teller who had been overseeing the branch for the last few months it operated, said she understood that there were plans to crate the painting and send it to St. Louis for storage. Brekke and other locals got involved in the effort to help Catcher keep the painting in the area.
Davis Brothers Auction
May. 18, 2024
Clarence Cuts the Rope "Bear Paw Full Moon" '78
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Featured in this lot is this oil on board called "Bear Paw Full Moon," circa 1978 by Montana artist Clarence Cuts the Rope born in 1935 and died in 2000. Clarence Basil Cuts the Rope (1935 - 2000) was active/lived in Montana. Clarence Cuts the Rope is known for Native American, landscape painting. Wells Fargo asked to donate Cuts The Rope painting to Hays center. A number of locals, including the son of famed Hays-based artist Clarence Cuts The Rope, have asked Wells Fargo executives to donate a large painting, done by Cuts The Rope, to be hung in the new Hays community center when it is completed. The painting was one of two commissioned by the bank in 1982 (it was Bank of Montana at that time). Clarence Cuts The Rope died in 2000. The painting shows a scene of two deer on a moon lit snowy hillside with a tree line in the distance and a greener valley down below and mountains in the far off distance. The artist signature and peace pipe pictomark are shown in the bottom right hand corner and is dated from '1978.' The condition of this oil on board is well preserved with some slight speckling from age and no obvious wear to the frame but otherwise shows good overall condition. The measurements of this framed oil painting 19 3/4" x 28 1/2" and the visible artwork measures 14 3/4" x 23 1/2".
North American Auction Company
Apr. 12, 2024
Clarence Basil Cuts The Rope Montana Bronze
Est: $200 - $300
Titled Lonesome. 8 1/4" tall. Base is 7 1/4" by 5 1/2". 27 of 50 Clarence Basil Cuts the Rope (1935 - 2000) was active/lived in Montana. Clarence Cuts the Rope is known for Native American, landscape painting. Excerpts from a Blaine County Journal Article by Steve Edwards published on May 24, 2017 Wells Fargo asked to donate Cuts The Rope painting to Hays center A number of locals, including the son of famed Hays-based artist Clarence Cuts The Rope, have asked Wells Fargo executives to donate a large painting, done by Cuts The Rope, to be hung in the new Hays community center when it is completed. The painting was one of two commissioned by the bank in 1982 (it was Bank of Montana at that time). Clarence Cuts The Rope died in 2000. Ada Brekke, of Chinook, was a bank employee at the time. She said, "Clarence did two paintings, one of a buffalo hunt, and the other a winter scene set in Mission Canyon. Because there wasn't room for both painting to be displayed on the ground floor, the hunting scene went upstairs and the winter scene was hung on the east wall of the main lobby." The winter scene was still there when the branch closed last week. Brekke said in the early 1990's a bank manager asked Clarence Cuts The Rope if he would trade the painting of the buffalo hunt for two smaller paintings that could be hung in the manager's office on the ground floor. Clarence agreed and the painting of the hunt was taken to be displayed in a tribal building at the Fort Belknap Agency. Two smaller paintings were still in the manager's office when the branch closed. Clarence's son, Catcher Cuts The Rope, heard of the branch closing and began efforts to keep the winter scene painting in Blaine County. He believed, "When bank officials were discussing the closing of the Chinook branch they weren't thinking about what they would do with the large winter painting in the lobby." Tara Overcast, the Lead Teller who had been overseeing the branch for the last few months it operated, said she understood that there were plans to crate the painting and send it to St. Louis for storage. Brekke and other locals got involved in the effort to help Catcher keep the painting in the area.
Davis Brothers Auction
Apr. 12, 2024
Clarence Basil Cuts the Rope Montana Painting
Est: $600 - $800
Oil on Canvas Painting. 20 1/4" by 16" unframed. Clarence Basil Cuts the Rope (1935 - 2000) was active/lived in Montana. Clarence Cuts the Rope is known for Native American, landscape painting. Excerpts from a Blaine County Journal Article by Steve Edwards published on May 24, 2017 Wells Fargo asked to donate Cuts The Rope painting to Hays center A number of locals, including the son of famed Hays-based artist Clarence Cuts The Rope, have asked Wells Fargo executives to donate a large painting, done by Cuts The Rope, to be hung in the new Hays community center when it is completed. The painting was one of two commissioned by the bank in 1982 (it was Bank of Montana at that time). Clarence Cuts The Rope died in 2000. Ada Brekke, of Chinook, was a bank employee at the time. She said, "Clarence did two paintings, one of a buffalo hunt, and the other a winter scene set in Mission Canyon. Because there wasn't room for both painting to be displayed on the ground floor, the hunting scene went upstairs and the winter scene was hung on the east wall of the main lobby." The winter scene was still there when the branch closed last week. Brekke said in the early 1990's a bank manager asked Clarence Cuts The Rope if he would trade the painting of the buffalo hunt for two smaller paintings that could be hung in the manager's office on the ground floor. Clarence agreed and the painting of the hunt was taken to be displayed in a tribal building at the Fort Belknap Agency. Two smaller paintings were still in the manager's office when the branch closed. Clarence's son, Catcher Cuts The Rope, heard of the branch closing and began efforts to keep the winter scene painting in Blaine County. He believed, "When bank officials were discussing the closing of the Chinook branch they weren't thinking about what they would do with the large winter painting in the lobby." Tara Overcast, the Lead Teller who had been overseeing the branch for the last few months it operated, said she understood that there were plans to crate the painting and send it to St. Louis for storage. Brekke and other locals got involved in the effort to help Catcher keep the painting in the area.
Davis Brothers Auction
Mar. 23, 2024
Clarence Cuts the Rope "Bear Paw Full Moon" '78
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Featured in this lot is this oil on board called "Bear Paw Full Moon," circa 1978 by Montana artist Clarence Cuts the Rope born in 1935 and died in 2000. Clarence Basil Cuts the Rope (1935 - 2000) was active/lived in Montana. Clarence Cuts the Rope is known for Native American, landscape painting. Wells Fargo asked to donate Cuts The Rope painting to Hays center. A number of locals, including the son of famed Hays-based artist Clarence Cuts The Rope, have asked Wells Fargo executives to donate a large painting, done by Cuts The Rope, to be hung in the new Hays community center when it is completed. The painting was one of two commissioned by the bank in 1982 (it was Bank of Montana at that time). Clarence Cuts The Rope died in 2000. The painting shows a scene of two deer on a moon lit snowy hillside with a tree line in the distance and a greener valley down below and mountains in the far off distance. The artist signature and peace pipe pictomark are shown in the bottom right hand corner and is dated from '1978.' The condition of this oil on board is well preserved with some slight speckling from age and no obvious wear to the frame but otherwise shows good overall condition. The measurements of this framed oil painting 19 3/4" x 28 1/2" and the visible artwork measures 14 3/4" x 23 1/2".
North American Auction Company
Mar. 23, 2024
Clarence Cuts the Rope "Crazy Horse Saloon" -'75
Est: $3,500 - $5,500
Featured in this lot is this oil on board called "Crazy Horse Saloon," circa 1975 by Montana artist Clarence Cuts the Rope born in 1935 and died in 2000. Clarence Basil Cuts the Rope (1935 - 2000) was active/lived in Montana. Clarence Cuts the Rope is known for Native American, landscape painting. Wells Fargo asked to donate Cuts The Rope painting to Hays center. A number of locals, including the son of famed Hays-based artist Clarence Cuts The Rope, have asked Wells Fargo executives to donate a large painting, done by Cuts The Rope, to be hung in the new Hays community center when it is completed. The painting was one of two commissioned by the bank in 1982 (it was Bank of Montana at that time). Clarence Cuts The Rope died in 2000. The oil painting shows a snowy winter scene outside of Crazy Horse Saloon with a horse tied to the hitching post and includes business nearby that shows: Huffmans Portraits Natn'l Park and N.P. Views - Meat Market - Chinese Laundry. The oil painting shows the artist signature in the bottom left hand corner and is dated '1975'. The condition of this oil on board is good with no obvious signs of damage to the artwork and shows some wear to the frame but otherwise shows good overall condition. The measurements of this framed oil on board is 28 1/8" x 23 1/8" and the visible artwork measures 23 1/4" x 17 1/2".
North American Auction Company
Nov. 04, 2023
Clarence Basil Cuts the Rope Oil on Board Painting
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
25 1/2" by 29 1/2" framed. 16" by 20" unframed. Clarence Basil Cuts the Rope (1935 - 2000) was active/lived in Montana. Clarence Cuts the Rope is known for Native American, landscape painting. Excerpts from a Blaine County Journal Article by Steve Edwards published on May 24, 2017 Wells Fargo asked to donate Cuts The Rope painting to Hays center A number of locals, including the son of famed Hays-based artist Clarence Cuts The Rope, have asked Wells Fargo executives to donate a large painting, done by Cuts The Rope, to be hung in the new Hays community center when it is completed. The painting was one of two commissioned by the bank in 1982 (it was Bank of Montana at that time). Clarence Cuts The Rope died in 2000. Ada Brekke, of Chinook, was a bank employee at the time. She said, "Clarence did two paintings, one of a buffalo hunt, and the other a winter scene set in Mission Canyon. Because there wasn't room for both painting to be displayed on the ground floor, the hunting scene went upstairs and the winter scene was hung on the east wall of the main lobby." The winter scene was still there when the branch closed last week. Brekke said in the early 1990's a bank manager asked Clarence Cuts The Rope if he would trade the painting of the buffalo hunt for two smaller paintings that could be hung in the manager's office on the ground floor. Clarence agreed and the painting of the hunt was taken to be displayed in a tribal building at the Fort Belknap Agency. Two smaller paintings were still in the manager's office when the branch closed. Clarence's son, Catcher Cuts The Rope, heard of the branch closing and began efforts to keep the winter scene painting in Blaine County. He believed, "When bank officials were discussing the closing of the Chinook branch they weren't thinking about what they would do with the large winter painting in the lobby." Tara Overcast, the Lead Teller who had been overseeing the branch for the last few months it operated, said she understood that there were plans to crate the painting and send it to St. Louis for storage. Brekke and other locals got involved in the effort to help Catcher keep the painting in the area.
Davis Brothers Auction
Jan. 19, 2018
Cuts-the-Rope, Clarence (b. 1935) "Hot Coffee Time"
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Cuts-the-Rope, Clarence (b. 1935) "Hot Coffee Time"
Scottsdale Art Auction, LLC
Jan. 14, 2017
Clarence Cuts the Rope Original Ink and Watercolor
Est: $250 - $750
This is an original ink and watercolor painting by Clarence Basil Cuts the Rope. Clarence was born and raised in Hays, Montana, and was a self taught artist. This piece shows a Native American elder overlooking a buffalo skull as he recollects times when they were plentiful on the plains. The drawing is in good condition. It has been signed by the artist and is dated 1968. The drawing measures 15" x 18".
North American Auction Company