Majorie Reed Sold at Auction Prices

Painter, b. 1915 - d. 1996

By the time she was 14, artist Marjorie Reed was already working as a graphic artist alongside her father at Mission Graphics. The focus of most early Marjorie Reed paintings and sketches were the San Gabriel Mountains, done in ink or oil paint. In her 20’s she began studying under Jack Wilkenson Smith who lived in an area known as Artist’s Alley, a stretch of homes where affluent artists like Norman Rockwell lived.

Artist Marjorie Reed was known for her paintings of the Butterfield Overland Stage Route that ran through California. While creating her 20 paintings in the series she would often camp out on location to create true-to-life pieces. Other popular subjects in Marjorie Reed's paintings for sale are scenes of western life involving cowboys, horses, or the Navajo people. Browse spectacular landscape paintings for sale online, and discover the beauty of historical or new places.

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  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Owl Rock Monument Valley"
    Jan. 14, 2025

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Owl Rock Monument Valley"

    Est: $500 - $700

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) "Owl Rock Monument Valley" Oil on canvasboard Signed lower right: Marjorie Reed; signed again, titled, and inscribed, verso: "Gift to AMB"

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Arizona Stage"
    Jan. 14, 2025

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Arizona Stage"

    Est: $700 - $900

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) "Arizona Stage" Oil on canvasboard Signed lower right: Marjorie Reed; signed again and titled in ink on a label affixed verso

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "The Butterfield Stage in Action"
    Jan. 14, 2025

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "The Butterfield Stage in Action"

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) "The Butterfield Stage in Action" Oil on canvasboard Signed lower right: Marjorie Reed; signed again and titled on a label affixed verso

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "The Bulldoggers"
    Jan. 14, 2025

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "The Bulldoggers"

    Est: $600 - $800

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) "The Bulldoggers" Oil on canvas Signed lower right: Marjorie Reed; signed again and titled in ink, verso

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), Horse and cowboy with steer
    Jan. 14, 2025

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), Horse and cowboy with steer

    Est: $300 - $500

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) Horse and cowboy with steer Colored pencil on paper Signed in pencil lower right: Marjorie Reed; inscribed in pencil on the frame's backing paper: "For Brian / Another Birthday - '87"

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), Cowboy bucked off a bronco
    Jan. 14, 2025

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), Cowboy bucked off a bronco

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) Cowboy bucked off a bronco Oil on canvas Signed lower left: Marjorie Reed

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Packing in the Back Country"
    Jan. 14, 2025

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Packing in the Back Country"

    Est: $600 - $800

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) "Packing in the Back Country" Oil on canvasboard Signed lower left: Marjorie Reed; signed again and titled in ink on a label affixed verso; inscribed in ink, verso: "Sketch for Large Painting"

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "In the Shadow of the Snow Capped Peaks"
    Jan. 14, 2025

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "In the Shadow of the Snow Capped Peaks"

    Est: $600 - $800

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) "In the Shadow of the Snow Capped Peaks" Oil on canvasboard Signed lower right: Marjorie Reed; signed again and titled on a label affixed verso

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Old Round Rock Trading Post"
    Jan. 14, 2025

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Old Round Rock Trading Post"

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) "Old Round Rock Trading Post" Oil on canvasboard Signed lower right: Marjorie Reed; signed again, titled, and inscribed in ink on a label affixed verso: "Sketch for Large Painting"

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Jane Reed, Vallecito, CA (1915-1996), Business As Usual, oil on canvas
    Dec. 07, 2024

    Marjorie Jane Reed, Vallecito, CA (1915-1996), Business As Usual, oil on canvas

    Est: $1,500 - $2,000

    Marjorie Jane Reed Vallecito, CA, (1915-1996) Business As Usual oil on canvas signed lower right, framed.

    Link Auction Galleries
  • MARJORIE REED "LEAVING SAN FRANCISCO" OIL ON CANVAS
    Nov. 17, 2024

    MARJORIE REED "LEAVING SAN FRANCISCO" OIL ON CANVAS

    Est: -

    Marjorie Jane Reed (1915 - 1996) "Leaving San Francisco" Oil on Canvas. Born in Springfield, Illinois in 1915, Reed's family moved to southern California when she was twelve. Shortly afterwards, her father, Walter Reed, began working as a free lance graphic artist for Mission Engraving and Offset, a commercial art firm in downtown Los Angeles. Sometimes she signed her paintings with men's names including Harvey Day and Fred Day. Exhibition venues included the Biltmore Salon and Ebell Salon in Los Angeles, the Heard Museum in Phoenix, the Desert Inn Gallery in Palm Springs, and the Palm Desert Art Gallery in Palm Desert, and the Rosenquist Gallery in Tucson, Arizona. Artist: Marjorie Reed Title: "Leaving San Francisco" Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature Type: Hand Signed Signature Location: Lower Right Site Measurement: 24" x 30" Keywords: Southwestern, Western Artwork, Art; Ref: BD1819

    Bradford's
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Heading for the Dragoon Pass"
    Nov. 13, 2024

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Heading for the Dragoon Pass"

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) "Heading for the Dragoon Pass" Oil on canvasboard Signed lower left: Marjorie Reed; titled in black pen on an artist label affixed, verso

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Midnight Change of Horses at Palm Springs"
    Nov. 13, 2024

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Midnight Change of Horses at Palm Springs"

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) "Midnight Change of Horses at Palm Springs" Oil on canvas Signed lower right: Marjorie Reed; signed again and titled in ink on an artist label affixed to the stretcher

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Homeward Bound at Sunset"
    Nov. 13, 2024

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Homeward Bound at Sunset"

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) "Homeward Bound at Sunset" Oil on canvas Signed lower right: Marjorie Reed; signed again and titled in pen ink on label affixed to the stretcher

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), Stagecoach at night
    Nov. 13, 2024

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), Stagecoach at night

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) Stagecoach at night Oil on canvasboard Signed lower right: Marjorie Reed

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "The Butterfield Stage From San Francisco Arrives at the Pinery Station"
    Nov. 13, 2024

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "The Butterfield Stage From San Francisco Arrives at the Pinery Station"

    Est: $700 - $900

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) "The Butterfield Stage From San Francisco Arrives at the Pinery Station" Oil on canvasboard Signed lower right: Marjorie Reed; signed and titled on an artist label affixed verso, further inscribed verso: For Bill and Barbara Sageman / with Love- / Marjorie

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Up the Grade"
    Nov. 13, 2024

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Up the Grade"

    Est: $400 - $600

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) "Up the Grade" Oil on canvasboard Signed lower right: Marjorie Reed; signed again and titled in black pen, verso

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), Stagecoaches passing in the night
    Nov. 13, 2024

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), Stagecoaches passing in the night

    Est: $2,500 - $3,500

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) Stagecoaches passing in the night Oil on canvas Signed lower right: Marjorie Reed

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Packing into the High Country"
    Nov. 13, 2024

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Packing into the High Country"

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) "Packing into the High Country" Oil on canvas Signed lower right: Marjorie Reed; signed again and titled on an artist label affixed to the stretcher

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Jerusalem Old City from the Mt. of Olives"
    Nov. 12, 2024

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Jerusalem Old City from the Mt. of Olives"

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) "Jerusalem Old City from the Mt. of Olives" Oil on canvas Signed lower right: Marjorie Reed; signed again and titled in ink on an artist label affixed to the stretcher

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "On the Stage Road in Southeast Arizona"
    Nov. 12, 2024

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "On the Stage Road in Southeast Arizona"

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) "On the Stage Road in Southeast Arizona" Oil on canvasboard Signed lower right: Marjorie Reed; signed again and titled in ink on an artist label affixed verso; inscribed in red ink, verso: For Brian - Christmas 1986 / Delivered April 20, 1986

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Jane Reed, Sam Takes 'Em to Water (Apache Pass), ca. 1955)
    Nov. 09, 2024

    Marjorie Jane Reed, Sam Takes 'Em to Water (Apache Pass), ca. 1955)

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    Marjorie Jane Reed (1915 - 1996) Sam Takes 'Em to Water (Apache Pass), ca. 1955 oil on board signed lower right: MARJORIE REED - inscribed verso: SAM TAKES ‘EM TO THE / WATER" / (APACHE PASS) / By MARJORIE REED - / 8 x 10 CANVAS PAPER / BOARD

    Santa Fe Art Auction
  • Marjorie Jane Reed, Danger! Smoke Signals
    Nov. 09, 2024

    Marjorie Jane Reed, Danger! Smoke Signals

    Est: $2,000 - $4,000

    Marjorie Jane Reed (1915 - 1996) Danger! Smoke Signals oil on canvas signed lower right: MARJORIE REED -

    Santa Fe Art Auction
  • Marjorie Jane Reed, Chow Time on The Cattle Train
    Nov. 09, 2024

    Marjorie Jane Reed, Chow Time on The Cattle Train

    Est: $6,000 - $9,000

    Marjorie Jane Reed (1915 - 1996) Chow Time on The Cattle Train oil on canvas signed lower right: MARJORIE REED - inscribed verso: "CHOW TIME ON THE / CATTLE TRAIN" - / By / MARJORIE REED -

    Santa Fe Art Auction
  • Marjorie Reed Stage-stop at Fairbank, Arizona
    Oct. 19, 2024

    Marjorie Reed Stage-stop at Fairbank, Arizona

    Est: $2,000 - $4,000

    Marjorie Reed (American, 1915-1996) Stage-stop at Fairbank, Arizona Oil on canvas board Signed Marjorie Reed, lower right Titled and signed, verso.

    Larsen Art Auction
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Mission San Antonio de Padua"
    Sep. 10, 2024

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Mission San Antonio de Padua"

    Est: $700 - $900

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) "Mission San Antonio de Padua" Oil on canvasboard Signed lower left: Marjorie Reed; signed again and titled in ink on a label affixed verso

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), Cowboy and church
    Sep. 10, 2024

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), Cowboy and church

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) Cowboy and church Oil on canvasboard Signed lower right: Marjorie Reed

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), Stagecoach ride
    Sep. 10, 2024

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), Stagecoach ride

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) Stagecoach ride Oil on canvas Signed lower left: Marjorie Reed

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), Loading the stagecoach
    Sep. 10, 2024

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), Loading the stagecoach

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) Loading the stagecoach Oil on canvas Signed lower right: Marjorie Reed

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Late Change of Horses at Palm Springs Station"
    Sep. 10, 2024

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Late Change of Horses at Palm Springs Station"

    Est: $700 - $900

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) "Late Change of Horses at Palm Springs Station" Oil on canvasboard Signed lower right: Marjorie Reed; signed again and titled on a label affixed verso

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "The East and W"
    Sep. 10, 2024

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "The East and W"

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) "The East and W" Oil on canvas Signed lower right: Marjorie Reed; titled in pencil, verso

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Mission San Diego de Acala"
    Sep. 10, 2024

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Mission San Diego de Acala"

    Est: $2,500 - $3,500

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) "Mission San Diego de Acala" Oil on canvas Signed lower right: Marjorie Reed; signed again, titled, and inscribed in ink on a label affixed to the stretcher: Father Sierra's First Mission

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "On the Sunset Trail"
    Sep. 10, 2024

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "On the Sunset Trail"

    Est: $2,500 - $3,500

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) "On the Sunset Trail" Oil on canvas Signed lower right: Marjorie Reed; signed again and titled in ink on a label affixed to the stretcher

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Jane Reed Chinle Trading Post Painting
    Aug. 10, 2024

    Marjorie Jane Reed Chinle Trading Post Painting

    Est: $8,000 - $12,000

    Oil on Canvas. Title is Winter Eve at Sam Day's Chile Trading Post (Now Thunderbird Lodge). 30" by 40" unframed, 38" by 48" framed. Marjorie Jane Reed (1915 - 1996) was active/lived in Arizona, California, Illinois. Marjorie Reed is known for Stagecoach genre paintings, landscape. Born in Springfield, Illinois and raised in Los Angeles, Marjorie Reed gained a reputation for paintings of western scenes, particularly Butterfield Overland Stage coaches and other scenes of cowboys, horses and figures associated with the Overland Mail Route. Sometimes she signed her paintings with men's names including Harvey Day and Fred Day. At age three, she began art lessons from her father, Walter Stephen Reed, a commercial artist, whom she later assisted in the designing of Christmas cards and with illustrations for the Mickey Mouse Beverage Company, affiliated with Walt Disney. In fact, she was so accomplished that shortly after, she was hired by Walt Disney Studios to do animation. But she did not like the regimentation of that work. In the mid-1930s, she studied at the Chouinard Art School and took lessons from Jack Wilkinson Smith, a renowned landscape painters who was a key artist in establishing the Biltmore Salon in Los Angeles. Knowing her love of the outdoors and horses, he encouraged her to roam the countryside. She became a friend of Captain William Banning who had been a stagecoach driver for his father Phineas Banning. She learned the romantic story of the Butterfield Overland Mail Stage, which, from 1857 to 1858, ran from San Francisco to the Yuma crossing on the Colorado River. In her Model-T Ford with her Alaskan Husky dog, she, based in Los Angeles from the late 1930s to late 1940s, traveled the stage-coach route and sketched for the paintings of her project to learn about and sketch various points along the route. Her travels included Palm Springs, which she visited many times after her first stop in 1937, and she also spent time in Julian, a California mountain town. Her "Butterfield Stage" series, about the 1858 Butterfield Overland Stage from St. Louis to San Francisco were completed in 1957 after years of travel and research, and a book titled The Colorful Overland Stage was published with twenty of her color reproductions and text by Richard Pourade. In 1967, she finished a second set of Overland Stage illustrations focused on Arizona. A third set was then devoted to New Mexico and Texas and a fourth set to Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri. In her later years, she and her fourth husband, Cecil Creese, a miner, became residents of Tombstone, Arizona in 1963 after living in northern California on the Placer River. According to her daughter, Judy Morris, Marjorie Reed died in 1997, living in the desert near the Butterfield Stage Station in California. Exhibition venues included the Biltmore Salon and Ebell Salon in Los Angeles, the Heard Museum in Phoenix, the Desert Inn Gallery in Palm Springs, and the Palm Desert Art Gallery in Palm Desert, and the Rosequist Gallery in Tucson, Arizona.

    Davis Brothers Auction
  • Marjorie Reed, "Moonlight Vallecitos Grade"
    Aug. 03, 2024

    Marjorie Reed, "Moonlight Vallecitos Grade"

    Est: $1,500 - $2,500

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Moonlight Vallecitos Grade", Oil on board, Signed lower left Signed and titled verso

    Scottsdale Art Auction, LLC
  • Marjorie Reed, "Indian Travois"
    Aug. 03, 2024

    Marjorie Reed, "Indian Travois"

    Est: $1,500 - $2,500

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Indian Travois", Oil on canvas, Signed lower right

    Scottsdale Art Auction, LLC
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "The East Bound Butterfield Overland Mail Arriving in Van Buren, Arkansas"
    Jul. 16, 2024

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "The East Bound Butterfield Overland Mail Arriving in Van Buren, Arkansas"

    Est: $700 - $900

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) "The East Bound Butterfield Overland Mail Arriving in Van Buren, Arkansas" Oil on canvasboard Signed lower right: Marjorie Reed; signed again and titled in ink on a label affixed, verso; inscribed in ink, verso: Sketch for Okla-Ark-Mo Butterfield Stage Series

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Jane Reed (1915-1996), "The Night They Burned the Cross Canyon Trading Post," 1973
    Jul. 16, 2024

    Marjorie Jane Reed (1915-1996), "The Night They Burned the Cross Canyon Trading Post," 1973

    Est: $600 - $800

    Marjorie Jane Reed (1915-1996) "The Night They Burned the Cross Canyon Trading Post," 1973 Oil on canvasboard Signed lower right: Marjorie Reed; titled on label affixed verso

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Jane Reed Chinle Trading Post Painting
    Jul. 13, 2024

    Marjorie Jane Reed Chinle Trading Post Painting

    Est: $8,000 - $12,000

    Oil on Canvas. Title is Winter Eve at Sam Day's Chile Trading Post (Now Thunderbird Lodge). 30" by 40" unframed, 38" by 48" framed. Marjorie Jane Reed (1915 - 1996) was active/lived in Arizona, California, Illinois. Marjorie Reed is known for Stagecoach genre paintings, landscape. Born in Springfield, Illinois and raised in Los Angeles, Marjorie Reed gained a reputation for paintings of western scenes, particularly Butterfield Overland Stage coaches and other scenes of cowboys, horses and figures associated with the Overland Mail Route. Sometimes she signed her paintings with men's names including Harvey Day and Fred Day. At age three, she began art lessons from her father, Walter Stephen Reed, a commercial artist, whom she later assisted in the designing of Christmas cards and with illustrations for the Mickey Mouse Beverage Company, affiliated with Walt Disney. In fact, she was so accomplished that shortly after, she was hired by Walt Disney Studios to do animation. But she did not like the regimentation of that work. In the mid-1930s, she studied at the Chouinard Art School and took lessons from Jack Wilkinson Smith, a renowned landscape painters who was a key artist in establishing the Biltmore Salon in Los Angeles. Knowing her love of the outdoors and horses, he encouraged her to roam the countryside. She became a friend of Captain William Banning who had been a stagecoach driver for his father Phineas Banning. She learned the romantic story of the Butterfield Overland Mail Stage, which, from 1857 to 1858, ran from San Francisco to the Yuma crossing on the Colorado River. In her Model-T Ford with her Alaskan Husky dog, she, based in Los Angeles from the late 1930s to late 1940s, traveled the stage-coach route and sketched for the paintings of her project to learn about and sketch various points along the route. Her travels included Palm Springs, which she visited many times after her first stop in 1937, and she also spent time in Julian, a California mountain town. Her "Butterfield Stage" series, about the 1858 Butterfield Overland Stage from St. Louis to San Francisco were completed in 1957 after years of travel and research, and a book titled The Colorful Overland Stage was published with twenty of her color reproductions and text by Richard Pourade. In 1967, she finished a second set of Overland Stage illustrations focused on Arizona. A third set was then devoted to New Mexico and Texas and a fourth set to Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri. In her later years, she and her fourth husband, Cecil Creese, a miner, became residents of Tombstone, Arizona in 1963 after living in northern California on the Placer River. According to her daughter, Judy Morris, Marjorie Reed died in 1997, living in the desert near the Butterfield Stage Station in California. Exhibition venues included the Biltmore Salon and Ebell Salon in Los Angeles, the Heard Museum in Phoenix, the Desert Inn Gallery in Palm Springs, and the Palm Desert Art Gallery in Palm Desert, and the Rosequist Gallery in Tucson, Arizona.

    Davis Brothers Auction
  • Marjorie Jane Reed Cowboy Oil Painting
    Jul. 13, 2024

    Marjorie Jane Reed Cowboy Oil Painting

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    Oil on Board. Title is Frustrated Hold Up at Dos Palmas Station. 20" by 24" unframed. 27" by 31" framed. Board has water damage and warping. It needs to be steamed and laid flat. Marjorie Jane Reed (1915 - 1996) was active/lived in Arizona, California, Illinois. Marjorie Reed is known for Stagecoach genre paintings, landscape. Born in Springfield, Illinois and raised in Los Angeles, Marjorie Reed gained a reputation for paintings of western scenes, particularly Butterfield Overland Stage coaches and other scenes of cowboys, horses and figures associated with the Overland Mail Route. Sometimes she signed her paintings with men's names including Harvey Day and Fred Day. At age three, she began art lessons from her father, Walter Stephen Reed, a commercial artist, whom she later assisted in the designing of Christmas cards and with illustrations for the Mickey Mouse Beverage Company, affiliated with Walt Disney. In fact, she was so accomplished that shortly after, she was hired by Walt Disney Studios to do animation. But she did not like the regimentation of that work. In the mid-1930s, she studied at the Chouinard Art School and took lessons from Jack Wilkinson Smith, a renowned landscape painters who was a key artist in establishing the Biltmore Salon in Los Angeles. Knowing her love of the outdoors and horses, he encouraged her to roam the countryside. She became a friend of Captain William Banning who had been a stagecoach driver for his father Phineas Banning. She learned the romantic story of the Butterfield Overland Mail Stage, which, from 1857 to 1858, ran from San Francisco to the Yuma crossing on the Colorado River. In her Model-T Ford with her Alaskan Husky dog, she, based in Los Angeles from the late 1930s to late 1940s, traveled the stage-coach route and sketched for the paintings of her project to learn about and sketch various points along the route. Her travels included Palm Springs, which she visited many times after her first stop in 1937, and she also spent time in Julian, a California mountain town. Her "Butterfield Stage" series, about the 1858 Butterfield Overland Stage from St. Louis to San Francisco were completed in 1957 after years of travel and research, and a book titled The Colorful Overland Stage was published with twenty of her color reproductions and text by Richard Pourade. In 1967, she finished a second set of Overland Stage illustrations focused on Arizona. A third set was then devoted to New Mexico and Texas and a fourth set to Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri. In her later years, she and her fourth husband, Cecil Creese, a miner, became residents of Tombstone, Arizona in 1963 after living in northern California on the Placer River. According to her daughter, Judy Morris, Marjorie Reed died in 1997, living in the desert near the Butterfield Stage Station in California. Exhibition venues included the Biltmore Salon and Ebell Salon in Los Angeles, the Heard Museum in Phoenix, the Desert Inn Gallery in Palm Springs, and the Palm Desert Art Gallery in Palm Desert, and the Rosequist Gallery in Tucson, Arizona.

    Davis Brothers Auction
  • Marjorie Jane Reed Cowboy Oil Painting
    Jun. 08, 2024

    Marjorie Jane Reed Cowboy Oil Painting

    Est: $3,000 - $4,000

    Oil on Board. Title is Frustrated Hold Up at Dos Palmas Station. 20" by 24" unframed. 27" by 31" framed. Marjorie Jane Reed (1915 - 1996) was active/lived in Arizona, California, Illinois. Marjorie Reed is known for Stagecoach genre paintings, landscape. Born in Springfield, Illinois and raised in Los Angeles, Marjorie Reed gained a reputation for paintings of western scenes, particularly Butterfield Overland Stage coaches and other scenes of cowboys, horses and figures associated with the Overland Mail Route. Sometimes she signed her paintings with men's names including Harvey Day and Fred Day. At age three, she began art lessons from her father, Walter Stephen Reed, a commercial artist, whom she later assisted in the designing of Christmas cards and with illustrations for the Mickey Mouse Beverage Company, affiliated with Walt Disney. In fact, she was so accomplished that shortly after, she was hired by Walt Disney Studios to do animation. But she did not like the regimentation of that work. In the mid-1930s, she studied at the Chouinard Art School and took lessons from Jack Wilkinson Smith, a renowned landscape painters who was a key artist in establishing the Biltmore Salon in Los Angeles. Knowing her love of the outdoors and horses, he encouraged her to roam the countryside. She became a friend of Captain William Banning who had been a stagecoach driver for his father Phineas Banning. She learned the romantic story of the Butterfield Overland Mail Stage, which, from 1857 to 1858, ran from San Francisco to the Yuma crossing on the Colorado River. In her Model-T Ford with her Alaskan Husky dog, she, based in Los Angeles from the late 1930s to late 1940s, traveled the stage-coach route and sketched for the paintings of her project to learn about and sketch various points along the route. Her travels included Palm Springs, which she visited many times after her first stop in 1937, and she also spent time in Julian, a California mountain town. Her "Butterfield Stage" series, about the 1858 Butterfield Overland Stage from St. Louis to San Francisco were completed in 1957 after years of travel and research, and a book titled The Colorful Overland Stage was published with twenty of her color reproductions and text by Richard Pourade. In 1967, she finished a second set of Overland Stage illustrations focused on Arizona. A third set was then devoted to New Mexico and Texas and a fourth set to Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri. In her later years, she and her fourth husband, Cecil Creese, a miner, became residents of Tombstone, Arizona in 1963 after living in northern California on the Placer River. According to her daughter, Judy Morris, Marjorie Reed died in 1997, living in the desert near the Butterfield Stage Station in California. Exhibition venues included the Biltmore Salon and Ebell Salon in Los Angeles, the Heard Museum in Phoenix, the Desert Inn Gallery in Palm Springs, and the Palm Desert Art Gallery in Palm Desert, and the Rosequist Gallery in Tucson, Arizona.

    Davis Brothers Auction
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), Nocturnal stagecoach
    Jun. 04, 2024

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), Nocturnal stagecoach

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) Nocturnal stagecoach Oil on canvas Signed lower right: Marjorie Reed

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "The Arrival of the Freight Wagon at Pinon"
    Jun. 04, 2024

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "The Arrival of the Freight Wagon at Pinon"

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) "The Arrival of the Freight Wagon at Pinon" Oil on canvasboard Signed lower left: Marjorie Reed; titled and inscribed, verso: Sketch for the Trading Post Series

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Across the Colorful West -Old Staging Days"
    Jun. 04, 2024

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Across the Colorful West -Old Staging Days"

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) "Across the Colorful West -Old Staging Days" Oil on canvas Signed lower right: Marjorie Reed; signed again and titled on a label affixed to the stretcher

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "The Stage is Here!" 1975
    Jun. 04, 2024

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "The Stage is Here!" 1975

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) "The Stage is Here!" 1975 Oil on canvasboard Signed lower right: Marjorie Reed; signed again, titled, and dated in black pen, verso

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Passing of the the Stage in Earthquake Valley"
    Jun. 04, 2024

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Passing of the the Stage in Earthquake Valley"

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) "Passing of the the Stage in Earthquake Valley" Oil on canvasboard Signed lower right: Marjorie Reed; titled in black pen, presumably in another hand, on a label affixed verso

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "On Time at the Change Station"
    Jun. 04, 2024

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "On Time at the Change Station"

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) "On Time at the Change Station" Oil on canvasboard Signed lower right: Marjorie Reed; signed again, titled, and inscribed in ink, verso: Sketch for Large Painting

    John Moran Auctioneers
  • Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Winter Eve at Sam Day's Chinle Trading Post" (now Thunderbird Lodge)
    Jun. 04, 2024

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996), "Winter Eve at Sam Day's Chinle Trading Post" (now Thunderbird Lodge)

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    Marjorie Reed (1915-1996) "Winter Eve at Sam Day's Chinle Trading Post" (now Thunderbird Lodge) Oil on canvas Signed lower right: Marjorie Reed; titled on a label affixed to the stretcher

    John Moran Auctioneers
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