Lot 80
Eanger Irving Couse
(American, 1866-1936)
The Quiver Firelight Interior, circa 1922
Sale 1331 - Western and Contemporary Native American Art
May 9, 2024
10:00AM MT
Live / Denver
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$47,625
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Lot Description
Eanger Irving Couse
(American, 1866-1936)
The Quiver Firelight Interior, circa 1922
oil on canvas
signed E.I. Couse (lower right)
16 x 20 inches
Property from the William T. Walker Trust
Included in the Eanger Irving Couse Catalogue Raisonné, No. 1688.
Provenance:
The Artist
Dr. J.A. Kennedy, Tulsa, Oklahoma, acquired from the above, August, 1922
Dr. Dean C. Walker, Tulsa, Oklahoma, gifted by the above, August 23, 1978
Thence by descent to present owner
The Quiver Firelight Interior is a classic Couse painting, in which a squatting Indian fills the frame. The artist has posed his model, Ben Lujan, on the right, facing left. The light of a fire floods the figure, although the fire itself is not visible. Ben is bare to the waist but wears deer skin leggings, beaded moccasins, and a feather ornament in his hair. He holds a quiver filled with arrows and on the ground to the left Couse has placed two pieces of pottery from his extensive collection.
-Virginia Couse Leavitt
Provenance:
The Artist
Dr. J.A. Kennedy, Tulsa, Oklahoma, acquired from the above, August, 1922
Dr. Dean C. Walker, Tulsa, Oklahoma, gifted by the above, August 23, 1978
Thence by descent to present owner
The Quiver Firelight Interior is a classic Couse painting, in which a squatting Indian fills the frame. The artist has posed his model, Ben Lujan, on the right, facing left. The light of a fire floods the figure, although the fire itself is not visible. Ben is bare to the waist but wears deer skin leggings, beaded moccasins, and a feather ornament in his hair. He holds a quiver filled with arrows and on the ground to the left Couse has placed two pieces of pottery from his extensive collection.
-Virginia Couse Leavitt
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