Lot 145
  • 145

Eanger Irving Couse 1866 - 1936

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Eanger Irving Couse
  • Decorative Panel
  • signed E-I-COUSE-N-A- (lower right)
  • oil on canvas laid down on masonite
  • 20 by 42 inches
  • (50.8 by 106.7 cm)
  • Painted in 1916.

Provenance

Private Collection, Massachusetts, 1916 (commissioned from the artist)
By descent in the family to the present owner

Literature

The Artist's Sketchbook, no. 248, p. 14
Nicholas Woloshuk, E. Irving Couse, 1866-1936, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1975, illustrated p. 37

Condition

Very good condition; The painting was recently cleaned and under UV there is no apparent inpainting or restoration; the canvas is unlined but has been laid down on Masonite, which was most probably the artist's doing.
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