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THBOscar Berninghaus (1874 – 1952) — Taos Siesta
Lot 125
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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 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
Oscar Berninghaus (1874 – 1952)
Taos Siesta
oil on canvas
16 × 20 inches
signed lower right
Berninghaus biographer Gordon E. Sanders wrote, “Living in Taos during the late 1920s was a unique experience not found anywhere else in the modern world. For most of the residents, life was primitive by comparison to other American communities. Houses were made of adobe with three-foot-thick walls to keep the heat out in the summer and the warmth in during the sub-zero winter storms. Wood-burning fireplaces, oil lamps, water wells, unpaved streets and outhouses all created an atmosphere of hardship. To the north was the ancient Pueblo and its Indians, a totally separate culture older than time. It was like living in two ages at the same time. In one culture, there were dinner parties and talk of the world situation – economics, art, music and literature – a potpourri of wit and humor. The other culture was a step back in time – a time of hunting with bow and arrow, buffalo and corn dances, and colorful ceremonies offering tribute to the rain and sun and nature’s abundance.
“It was in this tiny world of contrasts during the 1920s that Oscar Berninghaus did some of his finest work.”
PROVENANCE
H. Clayton Peterson, Denver, Colorado, 1980
Present owner, by descent
View More InformationSurface is in good condition. Faint bar mark on the left side. Several faint hairline cracks throughout. Small spots of inpainting in sky.Condition
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