The European Art Sale Part II

The European Art Sale Part II

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 716. The Old Falconer of Ben Gana, Sheik of the Ziban.

Elizabeth R. Coffin

The Old Falconer of Ben Gana, Sheik of the Ziban

Lot Closed

January 29, 03:16 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Elizabeth R. Coffin

American

1850-1930

The Old Falconer of Ben Gana, Sheik of the Ziban


signed Elizabeth R. Coffin. (lower left); inscribed, dated, and signed The Old Falconer of Ben Gana, Sheik of the Ziban, painted at Biskra, Algeria - 1906 - by Elizabeth R. Coffin (reverse)

oil on canvas

canvas:20 by 16 in.; 51 by 40.7 cm

framed: 28½ by 24¼ in.; 72.5 by 61.8 cm

Vassar College, New York (gift from the artist, 1916)
Victor Spark (acquired from the above, 1946)
Paul and Herta Erbguth, 1946-1950
Alfred and Frieda Kloeckner (gift from the above, 1990s)
Thence by descent to the present owners