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Western & Contemporary Native American Art
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- Sale 1239
Live
| Denver
Nov 1 | 10:00 AM MDT
Live
| Denver
Sale 1239
| Denver
| Denver
Estimate$200,000 – $300,000
Provenance:
E.I Couse Estate, Taos, New Mexico, 1936Kibbey W. Couse, Taos, New Mexico
Maurice J. Sternberg Galleries, Chicago, Illinois, 1978
Exhibited:
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, 1921
Lotos Club, New York, New York, February 7 - 15, 1921
St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, "16th Annual Exhibition", September 5 - October 25, 1921
Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California, "The Southwest Exhibition/Paintings by Artists of Taos and Santa Fe", November 1 - December 31, 1928, #96, under the title Land of the Sky Blue Water
Published:
Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California, "Artists and Their Works", November 25, 1928, illustrated
Included in the Eanger Irving Couse Catalogue Raisonné, #1378.
Mysteries of the Stream was painted by Eanger Irving Couse in 1920. Father and Son images were one of Couse's favorite themes. However, this painting exhibits a harshness of outline and angularity of form that seems intensely emotional compared with his earlier work. Considering the date, it is not unreasonable to speculate that these were how world events related to WWI affected his work.
-Virginia Couse Leavitt, August 25, 2023
Painting has been relined and stretcher has been reinforced ; faint craquelure visible, resulting in approximately seven points of chipping and paint loss, focused primarily within body of adult figure; paint appears to be lifting from canvas around three or four of the chipped areas; black light reveals several small points of inpainting; frame is chipped on all four edges. Framed dimensions: 42 3/4 x 54 inches. Please request additional images.
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Alexandria Dreas
Specialist, Head of Sale, Western and Contemporary Native American Art
