On November 9, the Coeur d’Alene Art Auction will present an online sale of Western art. One of the stars of the sale, and the cover lot, is Charles M. Russell’s 1897 oil The Rattlesnake, showing a horse and rider reacting to a coiled-up snake ready to strike. The work is estimated at $250,000 to $350,000. The piece comes from the Robert “Bob” Reed collection, which will be featured throughout the sale. The late collector, who lived in Jacksonville, Florida, had a sharp eye and collected significant work.
Charles M. Russell (1864-1926), The Rattlesnake, 1897. Oil on board, 12¼ x 18½ in. Estimate: $250/350,000
“He was a very practical collector and he kept a low profile, but he was also a tremendous collector,” says auction partner Mike Overby. “He acquired much of his collection in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Many were purchased in New York galleries. We will have about 55 works from that collection, and many of them are highlights of the sale.”
Other Reed pieces include William R. Leigh’s 1915 oil Riding Cowboy (est. $80/120,000), Frank Tenney Johnson’s oil Trail of the Paleface (est. $80/120,000) and Maynard Dixon’s 1944 oil Where Them Hosses? (est. $80/120,000).
Maynard Dixon (1875 -1946), Where’s Them Hosses?, 1944. Oil on board, 12 x 16 in. Estimate: $80/120,000
Another Reed work is Thomas Hart Benton’s 1973 tempera White Bluffs, Buffalo River. The work is estimated at $150,000 to $250,000. “This is an absolute killer piece,” Overby adds. “It’s small but its phenomenal.”
Other works that will be available include three Olaf C. Seltzer oils, a Joseph Henry Sharp work from his time in Montana, a William Gollings cowboy painting, a Thomas Moran Grand Tetons oil, a Charles Schreyvogel bronze and an Andrew Wyeth farm scene.
Thomas Hart Benton (1889- 1975), White Bluffs, Buffalo River, 1973. Tempera on board, 9½ x 14 in. Estimate: $150/250,000
In addition to the Reed collection, the online sale will also feature 30 highlights from the Red McCombs collection, which was prominently offered at Coeur d’Alene Art Auction’s annual July sale in Reno, Nevada.
William R. Leigh (1866- 1955), Riding Cowboy, 1915. Oil on board, 12½ x 16¼ in. Estimate: $80/120,000
The sale will feature as many as 250 lots, all of which will be available via online bidding through a live auctioneer, Western staple Troy Black. There will be no formal preview, though collectors can make an appointment prior to the sale. Most of the works will be in the auction house’s headquarters in Hayden, Idaho, with some of the works being available to view in Reno. Call the auction house to make an appointment.
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