Art of the Americas, Featuring the American West

Art of the Americas, Featuring the American West

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 71. Leleshut – Chief of the Klickitats.

Property from a Private American Western Collector

Eanger Irving Couse

Leleshut – Chief of the Klickitats

Session begins in

January 24, 05:00 PM GMT

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 USD

Bid

70,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private American Western Collector

Eanger Irving Couse

1866 - 1936


Leleshut – Chief of the Klickitats

signed Eanger I Couse and inscribed Arlington (lower right); titled (upper right)

oil on canvas

45 ½ by 25 ½ in.

115.6 by 64.8 cm.

Executed circa 1898.


This painting will be included as catalogue number 0403 in the Couse-Sharp Historic Site’s forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work.

Moses and Mary Jane Couse, Michigan

Edith Couse White (acquired by descent from the above)

Lorraine White Layler (acquired by descent from the above)

Marilyn Layler Greenwood (acquired by descent from the above)

Private Collection, New York

Gerald Peters Gallery, New York (acquired from the above in 2007)

Private Collection (acquired from the above in 2012)

Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner

Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, Washington, Eanger Irving Couse on the Columbia River, June - September 2013, p. 13, illustrated in color