Fort Worth Art | Wash Horses Sign | Carl Crum

Bolted to the side of the Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum is a sign that reads Wash Horses. Most western wall art is a scene; this is an instruction.

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Wash Horses Sign — art print by Carl Crum in a carved wood frame

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7 FT SOFA (REFERENCE) 8×10" 11×14" 16×20" 18×24" 24×36"

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Fort Worth Western Wall Art by Carl Crum

This is one of those Fort Worth details you only catch if you have spent time around Will Rogers. The sign is on the side of the building, right across from the arena. The stables are tucked underneath and the floor down there is dirt. You get the distinct feeling that somebody, at some point, had a reason to put this up — one imagines there was an issue.

Carl caught it in a photograph and it has quietly become a piece of stock-show lore. It is western wall art for people who know the grounds, and it lands best where that crowd will see it — an office, a tack room, a bar area, a hallway in a Cowtown house. It belongs with the rest of the Fort Worth Art, and it hangs naturally beside the Tin Top quarter horses from the same family archive.

Carl Crum, working in Texas. Original family artwork, printed to order — more of Carl's work is in the Carl Crum collection.

Fine Art Prints Made in Fort Worth, Texas

Since 1996, Crum Art has created original art, paintings, and fine art prints in Fort Worth, showing and selling work at hundreds of art shows across Texas.

Print Details

  • Museum-grade giclee: archival pigment inks on 100% cotton rag paper
  • Unframed and sized to fit standard frames
  • Studio-made, artist-signed prints only available directly from Crum Art

Made in Texas.

Made with love. Signed by hand. Shipped with care. Hung with joy.

Product FAQ

Why does a two-word sign make good art?

Because it's an instruction, not a scene — somebody at Will Rogers had a reason to put it up, and that little mystery is the whole charm. Stock-show folks get it instantly.

Where does deadpan humor like this hang best?

An office, a mudroom, a tack room, or above the washing machine — that last one earns the laugh twice. Anywhere a little dry wit is welcome.

Is it a good gift for a horse person?

The best kind — an inside joke for anyone who's spent a January at the stock show. Trainers, ropers, and show moms all claim it as their own.

What goes with it?

The Stockyards Beatles Crossing matches its sense of humor, and Amon Carter Night on the Porch keeps you in the neighborhood with a straighter face.

Will this look like an original painting or a print?

Crum Art takes the scanning and photographing of original paintings seriously — we work to capture the texture of the canvas or paper the original was created on, so that texture shows through in the print. Combined with the cotton rag paper’s own subtle surface and the hand-signing, many customers say they cannot tell if it’s an original or a print. That’s intentional. These are not flat digital reproductions — they are fine art prints that carry the soul of the original.

What sizes does this print come in?

Our fine art prints are available in standard rectangle and square sizes. Rectangles: 8x10 unframed matted to 11x14, 11x14 unframed, 16x20, 18x24, and 24x36. Squares: 8x8 unframed matted to 12x12, 12x12 unframed, 16x16, 20x20, and 24x24. Each size ships ready to frame, making it easy to find the right fit for your wall.

How do I make a gallery wall with art prints?

Start with an anchor piece and build outward — many Crum Art prints are part of series designed to group together as a statement gallery wall, or hang individually as standalone pieces. Since every image is sized to fit standard frames, mixing sizes is easy: lay the arrangement out on the floor first, keep about two to three inches between frames, and center the whole grouping at eye level.