Nona jean hulsey rumsey buyers choice award

DEFINITION

Recognition of the Prix De West, annual exhibition of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. It carries a cash award of three-thousand dollars for the artist whose entry is voted "the most popular work of art as chosen by the patrons attending the opening night". Recipients include Paul Calle, Curt Walters, Dan Gerhartz and Ron Riddick. Sources: The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum; AskART database (LPD)