INDIANAPOLIS – More than $1 million in exceptional Western art was sold at the Eiteljorg Quest for the West Art Show and Sale, held Sept. 6-7 at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art in downtown Indianapolis. More than 350 participants gathered to view and purchase art created by 49 of the nation’s best contemporary Western American artists and to meet the artists who were in attendance.
Artists at Quest for the West were recognized with awards in multiple categories Sept. 7. Brett Allen Johnson of Lehi, Utah, received the Harrison Eiteljorg Purchase Award for his painting “Pueblo Shapes.” The Western Art Society, a group of enthusiastic museum supporters, purchased the painting to add to the Eiteljorg’s collections and sponsored the award.
Of the 49 artists who participated in Quest for the West, eight were newcomers this year or were not in last year’s show. Quest paintings and sculptures remain on exhibition at the Eiteljorg Museum through Oct. 6 for visitors to enjoy before purchased works are shipped to their buyers.
