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Coeur dAlene Art Auction, known for selling the highest-quality Western paintings and sculpture from historical and contemporary artists, is pleased to announce its 38th annual Western art auction, to be held July 15, 2023, at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada. With over $ 325 million in sales over the last 15 years alone, the auction has been hailed as The Biggest and Most Successful Auction of Western Art by the Wall Street Journal, and was named The Most Important Annual Event for Collectors of Western Art by the New York Times. Once again, the Coeur dAlene Art Auction is certain to be the high point of the Western Art world.
This is the year for the true trophy hunters, states auction partner Mike Overby. We havent seen this number of masterpieces hit the market in almost 20 years. Headlining the sale will be two once-in-a-lifetime collecting opportunities by Howard Terpning and Maynard Dixon. Paper that Talks Two Ways The Treaty Signing by Terpning is considered to be one of the top three works ever painted by the artist. In fact, he and his family were so moved by it that they have kept the work it in their private collection until now. Estimated at $ 2 3 million, collectors who seek the finest wont want to miss their chance. Joining the Terpning will be The Pony Boy by Dixon ($ 2 3 million). Quite possibly his most famous work, this will be only the second time the painting has changed ownership in over 100 years. The large scale, Plains Indian scene is a monumental example of why Dixon is one of the most popular early Western artists, whose stylistic canvases transcend Old to New West.
While these two masterpieces may grab the top billing, they are by no means the only fine offerings presented by both artists. Other works by Terpning include Traveling in Good Company ($ 300,000 500,000) and Time Stood Still ($ 250,000 350,000). Dixon will be represented by Migration #2 ($ 200,000 300,000), Thunder Over Shiprock ($ 80,000 120,000), and Signs of Autumn ($ 60,000 90,000).
Paintings by Taos Founders will be on a level not seen in decades. Major works by William Herbert Dunton will cross the block including The Race to the Chuckwagon ($ 500,000 750,000) and Two Braves ($ 300,000 500,000). They will be joined by an extraordinary painting by Joseph Henry Sharp, The Young Chief, which was painted by the artist for the Billings, Montana, Chamber of Commerce. It has remained in their collection since and has never been on the market. Estimated at $ 300,000 500,000, this painting could end up being the highest-selling Sharp in recent memory. It will be joined by other outstanding Taos Founder works such as: E. Martin Hennings Riders in the Taos Foothills ($ 300,000 500,000); Oscar Berninghaus Advance Scouts ($ 200,000 300,000) and Breaking Camp ($ 100,000 150,000); Eanger Irving Couses Moccasin Maker ($ 150,000 250,000); Victor Higgins Rio Grande Landscape ($ 100,000 150,000); and Bert Geer Phillips Taos Hunter ($ 70,000 100,000).
Additional significant works offered by the Coeur dAlene Art Auction include an extremely rare oil by Henry Farny, The Trail Over the Pass ($ 400,000 600,000), which will be joined by an exquisitely painted gouache Crow Country ($ 150,000 250,000). Farnys contemporary, Thomas Moran, will be well represented with The Rock of Acoma, New Mexico ($400,000 600,000) and Hopi House, Grand Canyon, Arizona ($ 150,000 250,000).
A major 30 × 40 oil painting by Gerard Curtis Delano will be one of the highlights of the sale. Evening ($ 300,000 500,000), comes fresh to the market from a long-time private collection.This work was signed with a red dot by the artist, signifying he believed it to be one of his finest offerings. It will be joined by Edgar Paynes Desert Sky ($ 250,000 350,000), which is one of the artists most famous Southwestern scenes.
Charles M. Russell and Frederic Remington have always been mainstays of the Coeur dAlene Art Auction, and this year is no different with rare works by Russell such as a lifetime casting of Natures Cattle ($ 80,000 120,000), a fine watercolor Pablo Buffalo Hunt ($ 100,000 150,000), and a very unique, original teepee model by Russell ($15,000 25,000). The Cheyenne #70 ($ 70,000 100,000) by Remington is also to be sold.
Sporting Art has been a major component of Coeur dAlene and this year has the strongest offerings in at least ten years according to Overby. Not one but seven paintings by Philip R. Goodwin will cross the block, including: Blazing the Trail ($ 250,000 350,000), The Law of the Wilderness ($ 200,000 300,000), A Dangerous Moment($ 200,000 300,000), and A Strenuous Fight ($ 100,000 150,000). Additional Sporting works include: Carl Rungius At the Deadwater ($ 70,000 100,000); Canvasbacks on the Nanticoke River ($ 25,000 35,000) by George Browne; Setters on Point ($ 50,000 750,000) by Edmund Osthaus; and the most famous painting by Frank Stick, Riders at Lake McDermott ($ 25,000 35,000), which is featured on the cover of Frank Stick: Splendid Painter of the Out-of-Doors.
While Western and Sporting Art has always been Coeur dAlenes specialty, they are by no means limited to these genres. Notable works will be offered by some of the biggest names in American Art such as Edward Hoppers Shoshone Cliffs, Wyoming ($ 400,000 600,000) and Berles-au-Bois, France ($ 80,000 120,000) by John Singer Sargent.
Blue-chip contemporary masters make up a large portion of the sale and will include: Morgan Weistlingss The Family Trade ($ 80,000 120,000); Mark Maggioris Morning Above the Canyon ($ 40,000 60,000); Plains Monarch ($ 50,000 75,000) by Tucker Smith; Moonlight Warriors ($ 50,000 75,000) by Martin Grelle; Robert Griffings No Warning ($ 30,000 50,000); and Michael Dudashs Waters of a Winter Thaw ($ 25,000 35,000).
Other notable works to include: Alfred Jacob Millers Lassoing Horses ($ 200,000 300,000); W. H. D. Koerners The Rustlers ($ 80,000 120,000); Injuns, Injuns ($ 150,000 250,000) by John Clymer; Custers Last Stand ($ 30,000 50,000) by Nick Eggenhofer; Sioux Lovers ($ 30,000 50,000) by De Cost Smith; Indian Herder ($ 60,000 90,000) by William R. Leigh; and Garden of the Gods, Manitou, Colorado ($ 40,000 60,000) by Birger Sandzén.