Coeur d’Alene Art Auction FINE WESTERN & AMERICAN ART
The 2023 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction will be held July 15
in Reno, Nevada at the Grand Sierra Resort.
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RENO, NEV. — The Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, will present its 38th annual Western art auction on July 15 at the Grand Sierra Resort. With more than $325 million in sales over the last 15 years alone, the auction has been hailed as “The Biggest and Most Successful Auction of Western Art” by the Wall Street Journal and was named “The Most Important Annual Event for Collectors of Western Art” by the New York Times.

“This is the year for the true trophy hunters,” stated auction partner Mike Overby. “We haven’t seen this number of masterpieces hit the market in almost 20 years.” Headlining the sale will be two once-in-a-lifetime collecting opportunities by Howard Terpning and Maynard Dixon.

“Paper that Talks Two Ways – The Treaty Signing” by Terpning is considered to be one of the top three works ever painted by the artist. In fact, he and his family were so moved by it that they have kept the work in their private collection until now ($2/3 million).

“The Pony Boy” by Dixon ($2/3 million) is quit possibly his most famous work; this will be only the second time the painting has changed ownership in more than 100 years. The large-scale Plains Indian scene is a monumental example of why Dixon is one of the most popular early Western artists, whose stylistic canvases transcend Old to New West.

While these two masterpieces may grab the top billing, they are by no means the only fine offerings presented by both artists. Other works by Terpning include “Traveling in Good Company” ($300/500,000) and “Time Stood Still” ($250/350,000). Dixon will be represented by “Migration #2” ($200/300,000), “Thunder Over Shiprock ($80/120,000) and “Signs of Autumn ($60/90,000).

Paintings by Taos Founders will be on a level not seen in decades. Major works by William Herbert Dunton will cross the block, including “The Race to the Chuckwagon ($500/750,000) and “Two Braves” ($300/500,000).

They will be joined by a painting by Joseph Henry Sharp, “The Young Chief,” which was painted by the artist for the Billings, Mont., Chamber of Commerce. It has remained in that collection since and has never been on the market. Estimated at $ 300/500,000, this painting could end up being the highest-selling Sharp in recent memory. It will be joined by other Taos Founder works such as: E. Martin Hennings’ “Riders in the Taos Foothills” ($300/500,000); Oscar Berninghaus’ “Advance Scouts” ($200/300,000) and “Breaking Camp” ($100/150,000); Eanger Irving Couse’s “Moccasin Maker” ($150/250,000); Victor Higgins’ “Rio Grande Landscape” ($100/150,000); and Bert Geer Phillips’ “Taos Hunter” ($70/100,000).

Additional significant works offered by the Coeur d’Alene Art Auction include a rare oil by Henry Farny, “The Trail Over the Pass” ($400/600,000), which will be joined by a painted gouache “Crow Country” ($150/250,000). Farny’s contemporary, Thomas Moran, will be well represented with “The Rock of Acoma, New Mexico” ($400/600,000) and Hopi House, Grand Canyon, Arizona” ($150/250,000).

A 30-by-40-inch oil painting by Gerard Curtis Delano will be one of the highlights of the sale “Evening” ($300/500,000), comes fresh to the market from a long-time private collection. This work was signed with a “red dot” by the artist, signifying he believed it to be one of his finest offerings. It will be joined by Edgar Payne’s “Desert Sky” ($250/350,000), which is one of the artists most famous Southwestern scenes.

Charles M. Russell and Frederic Remington have always been mainstays of the Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, and this year is no different, with rare works by Russell, such as a lifetime casting of “Nature’s Cattle” ($80/120,000), watercolor “Pablo Buffalo Hunt” ($100/150,000) and a unique, original teepee model by Russell ($15/25,000).

“The Cheyenne #70” ($70/100,000) by Remington is also to be sold.

Sporting art has been a major component of Coeur d’Alene and this year has the strongest offerings in at least 10 years, according to Overby. Not one but seven paintings by Philip R. Goodwin will cross the block, including “Blazing the Trail” ($250/350,000), “The Law of the Wilderness” ($200/300,000), “A

Dangerous Moment” ($200/300,000) and “A Strenuous Fight” ($ 100/150,000).

The Grand Sierra Resort is at 2500 East 2nd Street. For information, www.cdaartauction.com or 208-772-9009.

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Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) The Pony Boy (1920) oil on canvas, 36 x 72 inches Est.: $2,000,000-3,000,000
Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953) The Young Chief(l905) oil on canvas, 20 x 30 inches Est.: $300,000-500,000
E. Martin Hennings (1886-1956) Riders in the Taos Foothills oil on canvas, 22 x 24 inches Est.: $300,000-500,000
Philip R. Goodwin (1881-1935) The Law of the Wilderness  oil on canvas, 24 x 36 inches Est.: $200,000-300,000
Thomas Moran (1837-1926) The Rock of Acoma, New Mexico (1902) watercolor on paper, 14 x 20 inches Est.: $400,000-600,000
Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936) The Moccasin Maker oil on canvas, 24 x 29 inches Est.: $150,000-250,000
Victor Higgins (1884-1949) Rio Grande Landscape oil on canvas laid on board, 12 x 19.5 inches Est.: $100,000-150,000
Gerard Curtis Delano (1890-1972) Evening oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches Est.: $300,000-500,000
Edgar Payne (1883-1947) Desert Sky oil on canvas, 30 x 34 inches Est.: 250,000-350,000
John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) Berles-au-Bois, France (1919) watercolor on paper, 15 x 20.5 inches Est.: $80,000-120,000
Howard Terpning (b. 1927) Paper That Talks Two Ways … (2008) oil on canvas, 57 x 70 inches Est.: $2,000,000-3,000,000
Oscar Berninghaus (1874-1952) Breaking Camp (ca. 1920) oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches Est.: $100,000-150,000
Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874) Lassoing Horses watercolor on paper, 10 x 17 inches Est.: $200,000-300,000
Edward Hopper (1882-1967) Shoshone Cliffs, Wyoming (1941) watercolor on paper, 19. 75 x 24.75 inches Est.: $400,000-600,000
Henry Farny (184 7 -1916) The Trail Over the Pass (1910) oil on canvas, 16 x 24 inches Est.: $400,000-600,000
William Herbert Dunton (1878-1936) A Race for the Chuckwagon oil on canvas, 34 x 51 inches Est.: $500,000-750,000