Sold for $50,400

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Lot Description

Martin Grelle

(American, b. 1954)

A Refuge from the Cold, 1991

oil on canvas

signed Martin Grelle and dated (lower right); signed and titled (verso)

36 x 60 inches

Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois

Provenance:
Sold: Altermann Galleries & Auctioneers, Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 13, 2011, Lot 218

Light on the snow, the shadows cast, the trackways with bright edges and dark ruts. Your eye first falls there, away from the subject and center of Martin Grelle’s A Refuge From the Cold. Grelle paints with a sure hand, knowing that while you may start with the snow and tracks, your eye will rise to the horses and cowboys, and to the welcoming warmth of the cabin, with its snug fire sending smoke up the chimney. This is what makes Grelle one of the principal contemporary interpreters of the American West. Your eye, focusing on the foreground, reminds you of where these man and horses have been - out in the elements on cold winter’s day - and sets you up to appreciate where they have arrived, at home and hearth.

- James D. Balestrieri

Condition Report

Framed dimensions: 47 1/4 x 71 1/4 inches

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