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THBDe Cost Smith (1864 – 1939) — Sioux Lovers (1887)
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11944 North Tracey Road
Hayden, ID 83835
United States
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LiveJul 15, 2023
The 2023 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, to be held July 15 in Reno, Nevada, will feature 324 selections of unparalleled quality in Western & American Art from historical and contemporary artists such as Maynard Dixon, Howard Terpning, W. Herbert Dunton, Joseph H. Sharp, Charles M. Russell, and more. Coeur d'Alene Art Auction info@cdaartauction.com
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- Lot Description
De Cost Smith (1864 – 1939)
Sioux Lovers (1887)
oil on canvas
58 × 45 inches
signed and dated lower rightVERSO
Artist label with title
A 50-page De Cost Smith sketchbook, an original illustrated catalog from the 1887 Paris Salon exhibition, and a transcription of the flute music being played by the Sioux brave in the painting will accompany the lot.
PROVENANCE
The artist
Elizabeth Celestia Sawtell, Amenia, New York (the artist’s niece)
Present owners, by descent
EXHIBITED
Paris Salon, Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France, 1887
LITERATURE
Paris Salon, Académie des Beaux-Arts, 1887, illustrated
View More InformationCondition
Surface is in good condition. Canvas is lined with hairline cracks in sky. Faint horizontal bar marks in the center of the canvas. Scattered spots of inpainting.
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