BarksBase: Gallery (The Bullet Valley paintings)

Gallery

The Bullet Valley paintings

»Sheriff of Bullet Valley« (FC 199/2) was a highly dramatic western story, the corresponding cover depicts Donald in his most heroic pose perhaps. Barks created 7 oil versions of this cover.

Cover of FC 199

(October 1948)

Barks submitted this cover on 29 April 1948.

»Bullet Valley«

(15-71)

»Bullet Valley«

(16-71)

Beginning with the 2nd painting in the series, Barks used a dramatically red background.

»Bullet Valley«

(22-71)

»Bullet Valley«

(7-72)

»Bullet Valley«

(2-73)

Barks first painted the background red, as in the 3 preceding paintings, but he changed it by request of the buyer.

»Sheriff Donald's Last Stand«

(14-73)

»Sheriff Donald at Gory Gap«

(29-73)

»Sheriff of Bullet Valley«

(mid-1980's)

In the 1980's Barks used the motif once again for Another Rainbow's lithograph series, but he shelved the project after he had made a small preliminary painting. Barks' alternate title for this painting was »The Law Comes to Bullet Valley«.

»Sheriff of Bullet Valley«

(1996/1997)

Colored pencils.