Above: Notations on verso paper

A wonderful original oil on canvas used as a poster design for the 1937 Warner Bros. western film starring Dick Foran titled Prairie Thunder. Illustrated in this work are Albert J. Smith, Janet Shaw, and Jim Corey.

Above: A Lobby Card from the film that served as the pose in this painting.

Ratterman was a gifted illustrator whose work appeared in many of the major “slick magazines” as advertisements and/or covers.