American Art

American Art

Henry François Farny

Nyutchi, The Old War Chief, Zuni

Auction Closed

November 22, 10:23 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Henry François Farny

1847 - 1916

Nyutchi, The Old War Chief, Zuni


signed FARNY with the artist’s device and titled (lower right)

watercolor and gouache on paper laid down on card

card: 20 ⅛ by 9 ½ inches (51.2 by 24.1 cm)

framed: 27 by 16 ¼ inches (68.6 by 41.3 cm)

Executed circa 1895.

Private collection, Texas
J.N. Bartfield Galleries, New York, 2015
Sold: Scottsdale Art Auction, Scottsdale, Arizona, April 2, 2016, lot 211
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
James D. Balestrieri, "J.N. Bartfield Galleries-New Works in New Quarters," Antiques and the Arts Weekly, May 8, 2015, p. 6, illustrated
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