Lot 20
  • 20

Eanger Irving Couse 1866 - 1936

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Eanger Irving Couse
  • #2 Mexican House (Artist's Taos Studio) and Taos Canyon Camp: A Pair of Paintings
  • The first: signed COUSE (lower right) (Artist's Taos Studio)

    The second: signed E. I. COUSE (lower right); also inscribed "Taos Canyon Camp" / Painted by E. Irving Couse, N.A. / c. 1920 on the reverse (Taos Canyon Camp)
  • The first: oil on panel (Artist's Taos Studio)

    The second: oil on board (Taos Canyon Camp)
  • The first: 10 by 8 inches; The second: 9 by 12 inches
  • (The first: 25.4 by 20.3 cm; The second: 22.9 by 30.5 cm)
  • The first: Painted in 1912. The second: Painted in 1910.
Two paintings of Taos

Provenance

Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1996

Condition

#2 Mexican House: Dirty; thin craquelure is evident throughout; Under UV: no apparent inpainting Taos Canyon Camp: Dirty; overall good condition; Under UV: no apparent inpainting
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