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THBOlaf C. Seltzer (1877-1957); Wreck of the Chippewa
Lot 195
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Coeur d'Alene Art Auction
11944 North Tracey Road
Hayden, ID 83835
United States
Coeur d’Alene Art Auction specializes in the finest classical Western and American Art representing past masters and outstanding contemporary artists. The auction principals have over 100 years of combined experience in selling fine art and have netted their clients over $325 million in the last fif...Read more
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The 2020 Coeur d'Alene Art Auction to be held July 25 in Reno, Nevada, will feature 264 selections of unparalleled quality in Western paintings and sculpture from historical and contemporary artists such as Charles M. Russell, Henry Farny, Thomas Moran, Edward S. Curtis, Carl Rungius, and more. Coeur d'Alene Art Auction info@cdaartauction.com
The 2020 Coeur d'Alene Art Auction to be held July 25 in Reno, Nevada, will feature 264 selections of unparalleled quality in Western paintings and sculpture from historical and contemporary artists such as Charles M. Russell, Henry Farny, Thomas Moran, Edward S. Curtis, Carl Rungius, and more. Coeur d'Alene Art Auction info@cdaartauction.com
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- Lot Description
Olaf C. Seltzer (1877-1957)
Wreck of the Chippewa
oil on canvas
20 x 30 inches
signed lower left
VERSO
Label, Mongerson Gallery, Chicago, IL
Label, J. N. Bartfield Galleries, New York, NY
Label, Russeck Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
June 23, 1861: It had already earned an honored place in Montana and Missouri River history, but the steamboat “Chippewa” could have picked a better time to burn. At what became known as Disaster Rapids near the mouth of the Poplar River, deckhands with a lighted candle snuck into the hold where liquor was stored. When the resulting fire was discovered, “the pumps were all set at work, and the boat run ashore,” said an account the following month in the New York Times. “The passengers and crew were hurried off without having time to save anything lest the fire should reach the magazine, which contained 237 kegs of powder.” Unmanned, the steamer floated down the river two miles before it exploded, destroying the boat and cargo. A year earlier, the Chippewa became the first to reach Fort Benton, establishing the trading post as the highest port on the Missouri. It transported troops sent up from St. Louis to test the new Mullan Road to Fort Walla Walla. – The MissoulianSurface condition is good. Bar mark across top. Faint bar mark along left side, up to upper-left corner. Several cracks in sky. No signs of inpainting.Condition
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