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THBPaul Pletka (b. 1946) — All the King’s Men (1975)
Lot 154
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Coeur d'Alene Art Auction
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The 2021 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction to be held July 31 in Reno, Nevada, will feature 394 selections of unparalleled quality in Western paintings and sculpture from historical and contemporary artists such as Charles M. Russell, Oscar Berninghaus, Walter Ufer, Frank Tenney Johnson, and more. Coeur d'Alene Art Auction info@cdaartauction.com
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- Lot Description
Paul Pletka (b. 1946)
All the King’s Men (1975)
acrylic on canvas
48 × 66 inches
signed lower left
A copy of the June 1975 issue of Arizona Highways will accompany the lot.
Describing this painting journalist Edna Gundersen wrote, “The erect headers of the southern Blackfoot reminded Pletka of the opulent crowns of Renaissance royalty, hence the title from the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme. The man with the flag attached to his coup stick is not likely an American patriot. Bunting was routinely distributed and especially abundant in election years, and Indians admired its colors and design. The blue shirt is studded with polliwogs, representing renewal and fertility. Tribe members were extremely fond of pheasant hackles dyed commercially or with Chinese vermilion, and they cherished ermine tails, which are affixed to the bonnets in this case.
“All the King’s Men illustrates Pletka’s phase of distorting faces. Stretched and drooping, the faces appear more as masks than flesh, a technique employed to connote a psychological breakdown of identity.”
LITERATURE
Arizona Highways, June 1975, cover, p. 9, illustrated
Paul Pletka, Pletka, Northland Press, 1983, p. 62-63, illustrated
View more informationSurface condition is excellent. No signs of restoration.Condition
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