More than 400 works of art will be offered at the Scottsdale Art Auction, taking place April 14 and 15 in Scottsdale, Arizona. The sale is right at home amid Arizona’s natural beauty and rich history relating to the Old West, Southwest and cowboy culture. The sale will take place across the street from a large cowboy-shaped sign with the city’s motto: “The West’s Most Western Town.”
Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936), Indian Boy and Brave Looking at a Blanket. Oil on canvas, 50 x 59 in., signed lower left. Estimate: $400/600,000
“We are very excited about this year’s sale because we have some major works that should thrill bidders, including some important work from Taos Society of Artists members Eanger Irving Couse, Oscar E. Berninghaus and Joseph Henry Sharp,” says auction partner Brad Richardson. “The sale has both contemporary and historic, and it’s split down the middle at about 50-50 for both. The historic material is especially exciting because we have a nice variety of artists.”
John Clymer (1907-1989), Welcoming the Trade Boat, 1978. Oil on canvas, 30 x 60 in., signed and dated 1978 lower right, and signed and titled verso. Estimate: $300/500,000
Highlights in the sale include two major Berninghaus paintings: The Hunters, Taos, estimated at $750,000 to $1.25 million, and Home Seekers in Indian Country, estimated at $100,000 to $150,000. Major Berninghaus pieces are rare to the market, but when they do come up interest runs high.
The Couse works, Indian Boy and Brave Looking at a Blanket (est. $400/600,000) and Taos Love Call (est. $300/500,000), are also stunning examples from another Taos Society of Artists member. Sharp will have two pieces in the sale: Houses Where the Penitentes Live (est. $100/150,000) and Adobe Village (est. $40/60,000).
Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953), Houses Where the Penitentes Live. Oil on canvas, 20 x 30 in. Estimate: $100/150,000
The auction frequently has several Frederic Remington works in the sale, and this year is no exception with an illustration piece from an 1898 issue of Harper’s Monthly. The gouache and ink work features the character Sun-Down Leflare and has a colorful title—I Was Geet Up Un Was Looking at de Leetle Man. It’s estimated at $70,000 to $100,000.
Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936), Taos Love Call. Oil on board, 34 x 46 in., signed lower right. Estimate: $300/500,000
Another piece of illustration comes from Harvey Dunn, whose Esau in Search of a Home will be offered at $28,000 to $38,000. The painting comes from a 1911 issue of the Saturday Evening Post. Other illustrators who became fine artists include Charlie Dye, Tom Lovell, John Falter and John Clymer, who will have two magnificent pieces available, Welcoming the Trade Boat (est. $300/500,000) and Wood Smoke Tales (est. $250/450,000).
The sale will have several important maritime paintings, with one highlight coming from Montague Dawson. His Clearing Skies, The Sobraon is estimated at $35,000 to $50,000. It shows the Sobraon, an English ship making an annual journey to Australia.
E. Martin Hennings (1886-1956), Bow Hunter. Oil on canvas, 14 x 14 in. Estimate: $60/90,000
Leon Gaspard, who painted in the Southwest but also in Russia and Eastern Europe, will have two paintings available to bidders: Peasant Woman (est. $30/50,000) and Winter in Siberia (est. $30/50,000). Before he started painting in America, Gaspard traveled to Siberia to paint, including one time he went with his wife on their honeymoon.
Olaf C. Seltzer (1877-1957), Untitled, 1912. Oil on canvas, 20 x 30 in., signed and dated 1912 lower right. Estimate: $50/75,000
Other artists represented in the sale are Frank Tenney Johnson, Gerard Curtis Delano, Wilhelm Kuhnert, William R. Leigh, Robert McCall, Edgar S. Paxson and three landcape works by Edgar Payne, the California impressionist whose work is closely tied to Canyon de Chelly in Northern Arizona.
The Scottsdale Art Auction will take place over two sessions. Bidding will take place live, but also via phones, internet and absentee bidding.
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