Steven Stern Fine Arts · Los Angeles
We buy Western American art
Taos Society paintings, cowboy and Native American subjects, and landscapes of the Southwest and the Rockies. If you own Western art, or are handling a collection for a family or estate, Steven Stern Fine Arts would like to see it. Every inquiry is confidential.
See the Western artists whose work we have sold, or read our guide to valuing Western art.
Why collectors call us
A gallery that has placed 54 Western paintings by 16 artists
A real track record
Every painting on this site is a Western work the gallery has already sold, from Joseph Henry Sharp's Crow Reservation scenes to Maynard Dixon's desert mesas and Edgar Payne's riders in Canyon de Chelly.
Confidential from the first call
Families, estate attorneys and collectors talk to us in confidence. We keep the names of sellers and buyers private.
Single works or whole collections
Steven Stern Fine Arts buys, sells, consigns and advises, so we can discuss a purchase, a consignment or a private sale of one painting or a multi-artist collection.
How it works
Selling Western art, step by step
Photograph it
The front, the whole back and the signature, plus any title, inscription or label.
Private evaluation
We look at the artist, subject, date, medium, size, condition and history.
Discuss the options
We explain the difference between a sale to the gallery, a consignment and a private placement, artist by artist, so you can decide.
In-person viewing
For whole collections or important single works, the gallery will travel to inventory and view them on site.
Recent placements
Western paintings we have sold
Joseph Henry Sharp
Moonlight & Firelight, Crow Reservation
Sold by Steven Stern Fine Arts
Maynard Dixon
Thunder Over Shiprock
Sold by Steven Stern Fine Arts
Edgar Payne
Riders in Canyon de Chelly
Sold by Steven Stern Fine Arts
E. Irving Couse
The Master Potter
Sold by Steven Stern Fine Arts
Frank Tenney Johnson
A Light in the Night
Sold by Steven Stern Fine Arts
Albert Looking Elk Martinez
Pack Horses, Taos Pueblo
Sold by Steven Stern Fine Arts
Selling a Dixon, a Sharp or a Payne?
The gallery also runs dedicated sites for three of the Western painters it handles most often: Maynard Dixon, Joseph Henry Sharp and Edgar Payne. Each has the artist's biography, a value guide and the full list of the gallery's past sales.