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Jul 11, 2024
Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936)
Hunting the Turkey, 1932
signed "E-I-Couse-N- A-" lower right
oil on board, 16 by 20 in.
titled, dated, and inscribed "Hunting the Turkey"/Painted by E. Irving Couse, N.A./1932/Kibbey W. Couse/Taos, New Mexico" on back
Eanger Irving Couse, born in Saginaw, Michigan, studied art primarily at the National Academy of Design in New York and at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and Academie Julian in Paris. He first visited Taos, New Mexico, in 1902, where he was elected president of the Taos Society of Art when it formed in 1912. Couse moved to Taos permanently in 1927, and he is known for his idealized classicism of Pueblo subjects such as “Hunting the Turkey,” a theme he returned to repeatedly throughout his career. This work evocatively portrays a Native American hunter crouched behind a tree, bow and arrow in hand, with three wild turkeys in the distance.
Provenance: Private Collection, Montana
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