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Lot Description

Eanger Irving Couse

(American, 1866-1936)

The Quiver Firelight Interior, circa 1922

oil on canvas

signed E.I. Couse (lower right)

16 x 20 inches

Property from the William T. Walker Trust

Included in the Eanger Irving Couse Catalogue Raisonné, No. 1688.

Provenance:
The Artist
Dr. J.A. Kennedy, Tulsa, Oklahoma, acquired from the above, August, 1922
Dr. Dean C. Walker, Tulsa, Oklahoma, gifted by the above, August 23, 1978
Thence by descent to present owner

The Quiver Firelight Interior is a classic Couse painting, in which a squatting Indian fills the frame. The artist has posed his model, Ben Lujan, on the right, facing left. The light of a fire floods the figure, although the fire itself is not visible. Ben is bare to the waist but wears deer skin leggings, beaded moccasins, and a feather ornament in his hair. He holds a quiver filled with arrows and on the ground to the left Couse has placed two pieces of pottery from his extensive collection.

-Virginia Couse Leavitt

Condition Report

Overall good, stable condition; craquelure developing in upper left corner and within darkest pigment, commensurate with age; no detected losses, inpainting, or repairs. Framed dimensions: 23 x 37 inches. Please request additional images.

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