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Lot 62
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Eanger Irving Couse 1866 - 1936

Estimate
175,000 - 225,000 USD
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Description

  • Eanger Irving Couse
  • The Chief's Song
  • signed E. I. COUSE. N.A. (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 24 1/4 by 29 inches
  • (62 by 73.7 cm)
  • Painted circa 1924-25.

Provenance

Private Collection, Ohio, 1928 (acquired from the artist)
By descent in the family to the present owner, 2003

Exhibited

Grand Canyon, Arizona, Harvey House El Tovar Hotel, October 1925

Condition

Very good condition. Unlined. Under UV: no apparent inpainting
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Catalogue Note

The model in the painting is Ben Lujan from Taos Pueblo, Couse's favorite model.