Cowan’s American Indian and Western Art Auction Features Two Rare Farny Paintings
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WHAT:Cowan’s American Indian and Western Art Auction
WHERE: Starlite Ballroom
5994 Linneman St., California, OH 45228
WHEN:
Friday, March 30, 2007
Preview: 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Preview: 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM Auction: 10:00 AM
Cowan’s American Indian and Western Art Auction Features Two Rare Farny Paintings
Cowan’s free March 31, 2007 public auction will offer nearly 600 lots of American Indian and Western Art commemorating the end of the western frontier. Cowan’s is delighted to offer two works by Henry Farny, including a 31" x 39" gauche on paper entitled Cornered: An Incident of the Apache Wars with an estimate of $500,000-$700,000 and a watercolor of a mounted Sioux warrior holding a pre-auction price tag of $40,000-$60,000. This auction has an extraordinary collection of Inuit and Northwest Coast material de-accessioned from the Western Reserve Historical Society located in Cleveland, Ohio including a circa 1780- 1840 Tlingit seal oil dish estimated at $8,000-$10,000, a fine Chilkat Blanket, and a Tlingit Raven Rattle and elegantly carved wooden spoons are also included in the sale. Additional highlights from the collection are an argillite charger carved by Charles Edenshaw, Nunivak Island cribbage boards and a child’s seal gut parka.
Other American Indian Art that includes a Sioux Beaded Hide War Shirt estimated at $25,000-$35,000, a Sikyatki Revival Jar attributed to Nampeyo valued at $15,000-$20,000, a circa 1870 Second Phase Chief Blanket worth $40,000-$60,000, an early Great Lakes steatite pipe collected by Peter Neff, jewelry by Charles Loloma and a collection of fine Apache and Pima baskets collected by Charles L. Cummings, founder of the infamous Birdcage Theatre in Tombstone, Arizona. Photography by D.F. Barry, Carl Moon, Lenny and Sawyers, and Edward Curtis will also be included. Fine art highlights include works by artists Olaf Carl Wieghorst, Gene Kloss, Oscar Edmund Berninghaus, R. C. Gorman, Andy Warhol and bronzes by Carl Kauba and David McGary.
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C. Wesley Cowan, Auctioneer (#57199568969)
Jackie Erp, Auctioneer (#200100759)
Danica M. Farnand, Apprentice Auctioneer (#2004000153)
Reid Sikes, Apprentice Auctioneer (#2004000109)
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About Cowan’s Auctions, Inc.
As one of the nation’s leading auction houses with sales approaching $15 million, Cowan’s has been helping individuals and institutions build important collections for more than a decade. The company’s four divisions of Historical Americana, American Indian and Western Art, American/European Furniture, Paintings and Decorative Arts, and Historic Firearms & Early Militaria hold semi-annual cataloged sales that routinely set records for rare offerings.
Through its extensive mailing list of more than 10,000 collectors, dealers and institutional clients, each Cowan’s auction typically attracts more than 1,000 bidders from across the globe. To learn more about Cowan’s visit our website at www.cowans.com.
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