Eanger Irving Couse Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Eanger Irving Couse Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 22, 2024
EANGER IRVING COUSE (New Mexico/New York/Michigan/France, 1866-1936), Sheep in the moonlight., Oil on canvas, 12" x 18". Framed 18" x 24".
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
EANGER IRVING COUSE New Mexico/New York/Michigan/France, 1866-1936 Sheep in the moonlight. Signed lower right "E.I. Couse".
Eldred's
Nov. 12, 2024
Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936), "California Cypress"
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936) "California Cypress" Oil on canvas Signed lower left: E.I. Couse; titled in pencil on the upper portion of the stretcher; titled again on a label affixed to the frame's backing paper
John Moran Auctioneers
Sep. 25, 2024
Street Scene, Étaples
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Eanger Irving Couse 1866 - 1936 Street Scene, Étaples signed E-I-COUSE (lower left); inscribed (on the reverse) oil on canvas 24 by 29 1/8 in.; 61 by 74 cm This painting will be included in Virginia Couse Leavitt's forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work.
Sotheby's
Sep. 10, 2024
Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936), "California Cypress"
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936) "California Cypress" Oil on canvas Signed lower left: E.I. Couse; titled in pencil on the upper portion of the stretcher; titled on a label affixed to the frame's backing paper
John Moran Auctioneers
Aug. 24, 2024
Couse American Indian Print
Est: $50 - $75
Print of a Native American making a painting on animal hide. Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936). Antique Chromolithograph. Sight 8 1/2" x 13", overall 11 1/2" x 16".
Copake Auction Inc.
Jun. 29, 2024
E.I. Couse Treasure Jar Lithograph Print
Est: $50 - $150
Published by Campbell Prints, Frame measures 13 1/4 x 15 1/ inches, Lithograph measures 8 x 10 inches.
Matthew Bullock Auctioneers
Jun. 29, 2024
Eanger Irving Couse Oil, " Turkey Hunter"
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
Eanger Irving Couse (American 1866-1936) " Turkey Hunter, " c.1926, oil on canvas board, signed E - I - Couse -NA- lower left, inscribed verso in graphite, "Turkey Hunter, 8 x 10, E. Irving Couse, NA, and bearing label verso for the Salmagundi Club Thumb-box Exhibition, inscribed in pen and ink, presumably by the artist, framed under glass in period gilt wood frame. Provenance: Traxel Art Galleries, Cincinnati, Ohio Henry T. Bannon, Portsmouth, Ohio Thence by descent in the family, Elyria, Ohio. Exhibited: Salmagundi Thumb Box, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, December 1926. Dimensions: 10 x 8 in, canvas board, 13.5 x 11.5 in. as framed. Condition: Very good original condition with no damage or restoration, some light frame abrasion to edges and transfer of gilding from frame to canvas board at edges. Note: This work has been entered into the Eanger Irving Couse catalog raisonne under record number 2507 and will be included in the forthcoming catalog raisonne publication of the artist's work by Virginia Couse Leavitt. The Couse-Sharp Historic Site in Taos, NM retains a photo study for the painting taken in 1926, featuring the model Ben Lujan, one of the artist's favorite models. The foundation also retains the bow, belt, leggings and moccasins worn by the model in their permanent collection. View the foundation website at: www.couse-sharp.org Henry T. Bannon was a U.S. Representative from Ohio for two terms from 1905-1909. He practiced law in in Portsmouth, Ohio, and was an intimate friend of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. His interest in Native Americans led him to write two books on local Portsmouth history in which he described Indian settlements, Indian mounds and relics.
Neue Auctions
May. 17, 2024
E. I. Couse (1866-1936) - Trees In a Landscape
Est: $6,000 - $7,000
E. I. Couse (1866-1936) - Trees In a Landscape. 14.75" x 20.25" framed, 9.125" x 14.625" unframed.
Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery & Auction
May. 09, 2024
Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936) Shepherds
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936) Shepherds oil on canvas signed EI Couse (lower left) 24 x 20 inches Property from the Collection of Blake Hannaford Provenance: Stevens Art Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota Thence by descent to present owner
Hindman
May. 09, 2024
Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936) The Quiver Firelight Interior, circa 1922
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
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
Hindman
Apr. 13, 2024
Eanger Irving Couse, "French Fishing Scene"
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936), "French Fishing Scene", Oil on board, Signed lower left Certificate of Authenticity verso
Scottsdale Art Auction, LLC
Apr. 13, 2024
Eanger Irving Couse, "New Mexico Pueblo Walpapi"
Est: $7,000 - $11,000
Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936), "New Mexico Pueblo Walpapi", Oil on canvas mounted to board, Signed lower left Signed and dated 1903 verso
Scottsdale Art Auction, LLC
Apr. 13, 2024
Eanger Irving Couse, "Kachina Doll Maker"
Est: $150,000 - $250,000
Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936), "Kachina Doll Maker", Oil on canvas, Signed lower right
Scottsdale Art Auction, LLC
Apr. 13, 2024
Eanger Irving Couse, "The Sculptor"
Est: $90,000 - $120,000
Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936), "The Sculptor", Oil on canvas, Signed lower right
Scottsdale Art Auction, LLC
Apr. 13, 2024
Eanger Irving Couse, "Stream in the Valley"
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936), "Stream in the Valley", Oil on canvas, Signed lower left
Scottsdale Art Auction, LLC
Apr. 13, 2024
Eanger Irving Couse, "Moonlight Seascape"
Est: $2,500 - $4,500
Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936), "Moonlight Seascape", Oil on canvas, Signed lower left Titled verso
Scottsdale Art Auction, LLC
Mar. 08, 2024
Eanger Irving Couse
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
(American, 1866-1936) Blessing the Waters, signed lower left "E.I. Couse", inscribed in pencil verso "Blessing the Waters/E. Irving Couse", collectors label verso "EAM No. 314", oil on canvas, 8 x 10 in.; gold painted wood frame 14-1/2 x 16-3/4 in. Provenance: The Christine Biddle Wainwright Collection & American Paintings, Furniture & Decorative Arts, Doyle, New York, May 2022, sold for $15,120.; Private Collection
Brunk Auctions
Mar. 02, 2024
Eanger Irving Couse Native American Drawing
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Title is J. Pueblo. 3 1/2" by 5 1/2". Came with the previous lot which was authenticated by Elizabeth A. Couse. Eanger Irving Couse (1866 - 1936) was active/lived in New Mexico, New York, Michigan / France. Eanger Couse is known for Indian figure and genre painting, illustration. Born in Saginaw, Michigan, Eanger Couse is primarily known for paintings of Taos Pueblo Indian males sitting or squatting by camp fire light, suggesting that Indians were peaceful, dignified human beings and not the savages of Western lore. Growing up in Saginaw, he lived among the Chippewa Indians and as a youngster did sketches of these native people. From a poor family, he was a determined artist who studied for three months at the Art Institute of Chicago, having earned just enough money by painting houses, and then he returned to Saginaw to earn more money so he could go to New York City which he did in 1885. He enrolled in the National Academy of Design and did many odd jobs to support himself, and after two years returned to Saginaw, again to earn money. In 1887, he went to Paris to the Academie Julian where his great influence became the superb draftsmanship and classical techniques of William Adolphe Bouguereau. Couse returned to Paris many times, and on one of these trips met his future wife, Virginia Walker, an art student whose family had a ranch in Oregon. When he and his wife visited her parents on a sheep ranch in Oregon, he painted the Yakima, Umatilla, and Klikitat Indians in the pastel colors of the French Barbizon School. However, there was little interest in Indian subject matter for fine art in America. He also painted pastoral scenes, which were more popular than his Indian subjects. Couse went back to France and settled in a rural town in the province of Pas de Calais on the English Channel and painted bucolic genre scenes, invariably with sheep on hillsides. Although he had stylistic influences from Europe, he became more and more determined to create an art that was uniquely American and was increasingly fascinated with Indians as subject matter. In 1902, Couse visited Taos, New Mexico for the first time, having heard about it in Paris from his friend, Joseph Henry Sharp. In Pueblo Indians, Couse found the subject matter that seemed right for him, but he had difficulty finding ones to pose because of their belief that the soul of the sitter passes into the picture once it is completed. In 1912, when the Taos Society of Artists was formed, he was elected its first president, and in 1927, he and his family moved there permanently. His wife died two years later, much affecting his spirit and the vitality of his paintings. Although he posed models for sketching outdoors, he continued to paint in his comfortable studio in a French academic manner. He also painted occasionally in Arizona, going first in 1903, to the Hopi ceremonies at Walpi. His models for most of his New Mexico Indian figure painting were Ben Lujan and Geronimo Gomez, Taos Pueblo residents. The tone is poetic and peaceful and reflects a civilization that is at peace with itself. Usually the squatting Indian figures were engaged in domestic activity such as preparing food, and their handsome physiques were accentuated by moonlight. Beginning 1914, his paintings were used on calendars by the Santa Fe Railway and became the basis for the company's comprehensive Southwest art collection. The first calendar painting was "Wal-si-el, Good Medicine", which initiated the tradition of using Taos painters on the calendars, and twenty-three of them had work by Couse.
Davis Brothers Auction
Mar. 02, 2024
Eanger Irving Couse Native American Drawing
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Double Sided Study. 4 1/8" by 6 1/8". Authenticated by Elizabeth A. Couse. Eanger Irving Couse (1866 - 1936) was active/lived in New Mexico, New York, Michigan / France. Eanger Couse is known for Indian figure and genre painting, illustration. Born in Saginaw, Michigan, Eanger Couse is primarily known for paintings of Taos Pueblo Indian males sitting or squatting by camp fire light, suggesting that Indians were peaceful, dignified human beings and not the savages of Western lore. Growing up in Saginaw, he lived among the Chippewa Indians and as a youngster did sketches of these native people. From a poor family, he was a determined artist who studied for three months at the Art Institute of Chicago, having earned just enough money by painting houses, and then he returned to Saginaw to earn more money so he could go to New York City which he did in 1885. He enrolled in the National Academy of Design and did many odd jobs to support himself, and after two years returned to Saginaw, again to earn money. In 1887, he went to Paris to the Academie Julian where his great influence became the superb draftsmanship and classical techniques of William Adolphe Bouguereau. Couse returned to Paris many times, and on one of these trips met his future wife, Virginia Walker, an art student whose family had a ranch in Oregon. When he and his wife visited her parents on a sheep ranch in Oregon, he painted the Yakima, Umatilla, and Klikitat Indians in the pastel colors of the French Barbizon School. However, there was little interest in Indian subject matter for fine art in America. He also painted pastoral scenes, which were more popular than his Indian subjects. Couse went back to France and settled in a rural town in the province of Pas de Calais on the English Channel and painted bucolic genre scenes, invariably with sheep on hillsides. Although he had stylistic influences from Europe, he became more and more determined to create an art that was uniquely American and was increasingly fascinated with Indians as subject matter. In 1902, Couse visited Taos, New Mexico for the first time, having heard about it in Paris from his friend, Joseph Henry Sharp. In Pueblo Indians, Couse found the subject matter that seemed right for him, but he had difficulty finding ones to pose because of their belief that the soul of the sitter passes into the picture once it is completed. In 1912, when the Taos Society of Artists was formed, he was elected its first president, and in 1927, he and his family moved there permanently. His wife died two years later, much affecting his spirit and the vitality of his paintings. Although he posed models for sketching outdoors, he continued to paint in his comfortable studio in a French academic manner. He also painted occasionally in Arizona, going first in 1903, to the Hopi ceremonies at Walpi. His models for most of his New Mexico Indian figure painting were Ben Lujan and Geronimo Gomez, Taos Pueblo residents. The tone is poetic and peaceful and reflects a civilization that is at peace with itself. Usually the squatting Indian figures were engaged in domestic activity such as preparing food, and their handsome physiques were accentuated by moonlight. Beginning 1914, his paintings were used on calendars by the Santa Fe Railway and became the basis for the company's comprehensive Southwest art collection. The first calendar painting was "Wal-si-el, Good Medicine", which initiated the tradition of using Taos painters on the calendars, and twenty-three of them had work by Couse.
Davis Brothers Auction
Feb. 21, 2024
Eanger Irving Couse
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
(American, 1866-1936) Klikitat Chief, signed lower right "E.I. Couse", oil on canvas, 15 x 15 in.; carved gilt wood frame, 22 x 22 in. Provenance: Quail Hollow Galleries, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Altermann Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico, April 4, 2014, lot 375; Private collection, Chicago, Illinois; Heritage Auctions, November 2022, sold for $12,500; Private Collection Literature: V.C. Leavitt, Eanger Irving Couse: The Life and Times of an American Artist, 1866-1936, Norman, Oklahoma, 2019, p. 144, illustrated.
Brunk Auctions
Jan. 19, 2024
Bow Hunter (Ambush)
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
Property from the Estate of Benjamin D. Holt, Jr. Eanger Irving Couse 1866 - 1936 Bow Hunter (Ambush) signed E.I. Couse (lower left); titled (on the reverse) oil on board 12 by 16 in. 30.5 by 40.6 cm. This painting will be included in Virginia Couse Leavitt's forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work.
Sotheby's
Jan. 18, 2024
EANGER IRVING COUSE (1866-1936) - Thunder Birds
Est: $600,000 - $800,000
EANGER IRVING COUSE (1866-1936) Thunder Birds oil on canvas 35 x 46 in. (88.9 x 116.8 cm.)
Christie's
Nov. 11, 2023
Eanger Irving Couse, Moonlight Campfire, 1914
Est: $100,000 - $150,000
Eanger Irving Couse (1866 - 1936) Moonlight Campfire, 1914 oil on canvas signed lower right: E-I-COUSE
Santa Fe Art Auction
Nov. 07, 2023
Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936) Turkey Hunter 24 1/2 x 29 1/4 in. framed 30 1/2 x 35 1/2 in.
Est: $50,000 - $70,000
Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936) Turkey Hunter signed 'E.I. Couse N.A.' (lower right) oil on canvas 24 1/2 x 29 1/4 in. framed 30 1/2 x 35 1/2 in.
Bonhams
Nov. 07, 2023
Taos School Gilt Frame 27 1/2" x 39"
Est: $100 - $200
American, ca. 1910, Roman gilded, similar to frames used by Taos artists E. I. Couse and J.H. Sharp. Overall 33 1/4" x 44 1/2", Rabbet 27 1/2" x 39", Molding 3".
Old Kinderhook Auction Company
Nov. 01, 2023
Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936) Mysteries of the Stream
Est: $200,000 - $300,000
Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936) Mysteries of the Stream oil on canvas signed E.I. Couse (lower right) 35 x 46 inches Property from a Private Collection Curated by Janet and Daniel Hidding Provenance: E.I Couse Estate, Taos, New Mexico, 1936 Kibbey W. Couse, Taos, New Mexico Maurice J. Sternberg Galleries, Chicago, Illinois, 1978 Exhibited: Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, 1921 Lotos Club, New York, New York, February 7 - 15, 1921 St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, "16th Annual Exhibition", September 5 - October 25, 1921 Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California, "The Southwest Exhibition/Paintings by Artists of Taos and Santa Fe", November 1 - December 31, 1928, #96, under the title Land of the Sky Blue Water Published: Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California, "Artists and Their Works", November 25, 1928, illustrated Included in the Eanger Irving Couse Catalogue Raisonné, #1378. Mysteries of the Stream was painted by Eanger Irving Couse in 1920. Father and Son images were one of Couse's favorite themes. However, this painting exhibits a harshness of outline and angularity of form that seems intensely emotional compared with his earlier work. Considering the date, it is not unreasonable to speculate that these were how world events related to WWI affected his work. -Virginia Couse Leavitt, August 25, 2023
Hindman
Aug. 26, 2023
Eanger Irving Couse, "Song of the Blue Aspens"
Est: $80,000 - $120,000
Painting
Scottsdale Art Auction, LLC
Aug. 08, 2023
Art Nouveau Gilt Frame 20" x 26"
Est: $100 - $200
American, ca. 1910, hand carved and gilded, similar to frames used by Taos artists E. I. Couse and J.H. Sharp. Overall 29 1/2" x 35 1/2", Rabbet 20" x 26", Molding 5"
Old Kinderhook Auction Company
Jul. 29, 2023
E. Irving Couse "Roasting Corn", Chromolitho 1930s
Est: $200 - $400
Featured in this lot is a chromolithograph of the E. Irving Couse 1904 painting, "Roasting Corn", ca. 1930s, artist's signature noted at the bottom left corner. Eanger Irving Couse (1866 1936) was a prominent American artist early in the 20th century and a founding member and first president of the Taos Society of Artists, and is best known for his paintings of Native Americans, New Mexico, and the American Southwest. Couse was one of the six founding members of the Taos Society of Artists, and was elected first president. Elk-Foot of the Taos Indians, a Pueblo tribe, whose anglicized name was Jerry Mirabal, began posing for Couse in 1907 and was one of the painters favorite subjects because of his "physical beauty and ideal features." "Elk-Foot of the Taos Tribe", painted in the summer of 1909, is considered Couse's masterwork and is now displayed in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. This chromolithograph is in good overall condition, very light scuffing noted to frame edges, no other obvious marring noted. Visible art measures 6"W x 8.5"L, frame is 7"W x 9"L x .50"D
North American Auction Company
Jul. 29, 2023
E. I. Couse Santa Fe RR Firelight Taos Puebloan
Est: $600 - $1,200
Featured in this lot is an E. Irving Couse chromolithograph, Taos Puebloan Indian in the firelight, most likely used by the ATSF, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, circa 1920-1936. Artist's signature noted at the bottom left corner, the Santa Fe emblem on the top right corner. One of the nation's most financially successful railways, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe (ATSF), helped to nurture and sustain two colonies of artists in the West - Taos and Santa Fe - for almost forty years following their founding at the turn of the century. By providing transportation in exchange for paintings; by utilizing the paintings on calendars, brochures, menus, and train folders; by displaying the paintings in stations and ticket offices; and through the purchase of several hundred paintings from artists residing in Taos and Santa Fe, the railway helped establish northern New Mexico as an internationally recognized cultural center. E. Irving Couse (1866 1936) was a prominent American artist early in the 20th century and a founding member and first president of the Taos Society of Artists and is best known for his paintings of Native Americans, New Mexico, and the American Southwest. Couse was one of the six founding members of the Taos Society of Artists, and was elected first president. Elk-Foot of the Taos Indians, a Pueblo tribe, whose anglicized name was Jerry Mirabal, began posing for Couse in 1907 and was one of the painters favorite subjects because of his "physical beauty and ideal features." "Elk-Foot of the Taos Tribe", painted in the summer of 1909, is considered Couse's masterwork and is now displayed in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. This lithograph is in good overall condition, very light scuffing noted to matted frame edges, no other obvious marring noted. Visible art measures 11.5"L x 9.5"W, and the frame is 15.25"L x 12"W x .75"D.*
North American Auction Company
May. 18, 2023
Eanger Irving Couse, The Drink
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
Eanger Irving Couse The Drink oil on canvas 7.75 h x 9.875 w in (20 x 25 cm) Signed to lower left 'E.I. Couse'. Provenance: Private Estate This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
May. 17, 2023
Santa Fe Railway, E. I. Couse Calendar, November 1923
Est: $300 - $500
Santa Fe Railway E. I. Couse Calendar, November 1923 featuring a chromolithograph reproduction of "The Flute Ceremony" Published by American Lithographic Co., New York Copyright 1922 by W. J. Black
Santa Fe Art Auction
May. 12, 2023
Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936) Indian Drinking, Moonlight, circa 1925
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936) Indian Drinking, Moonlight, circa 1925 Oil on board 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm) Signed lower right: E.A. Couse N.A. Signed, titled, and inscribed indistinctly on the reverse: Indian Drinking, Moonlight [...] / E Irving Couse na PROVENANCE: The artist; Estate of the above; Kibbey W. Couse, Taos, New Mexico; Bonhams, San Francisco, California, November 7, 1990, lot 3794; Arizona West Galleries, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1992; Ronald Abend, Boca Raton, Florida; Altermann Galleries Auction, Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 17, 2013, lot 79; Private collection, Chicago, Illinois, acquired from the above. EXHIBITED: Panhandle Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas, "A Retrospective Showing of Paintings by E. Irving Couse," February 5-28, 1967. LITERATURE: Panhandle Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas, A Retrospective Showing of Paintings by E. Irving Couse, exhibition catalog, 1967, no. 110; N. Woloshuk, E. Irving Couse, 1866-1936, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1976, p. 76. We wish to thank Virginia Leavitt, granddaughter of E.I. Couse, for providing invaluable information on this painting, featuring Jerry Mirabal as the model, which will be included in her forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work under cat. no. 09998 / id #1001. The present work is accompanied by the book E. Irving Couse by Nicholas Woloshuk, and is signed by the author. HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
May. 12, 2023
Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936) Chief Shoppenagon study, 1909 Oil on c
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936) Chief Shoppenagon study, 1909 Oil on canvas 19 x 9 inches (48.3 x 22.9 cm) Signed lower right: E.I. Couse Bears inscription by Kibbey Couse on the reverse: Study for / "Chief Shappanagons" [sic] / Chippewa / Painted at Grayling / Mich. 1909. / by E. Irving Couse, NA / The big painting is 36 x 78 ins. / and is owned by / The Detroit Museum / of Art. / This was a / commission from a Mich. lumber / man named Ward Property from the Estate of Lois Brennand, Santa Fe, New Mexico PROVENANCE: The artist; Charles Willis Ward, Saginaw, Michigan, commissioned from the above, 1907; Greenfield Estate Auction, Seattle, Washington, 1973; Midwestern Galleries, Cincinnati, Ohio; Private collection, Chattanooga, Tennessee. LITERATURE: P.J. Broder, Taos: A Painter's Dream, Boston, Massachusetts, 1980, p. 151, illustrated (as Chief Shoppenagons). Chief Shoppenagon, commissioned in 1907 by Michigan lumber titan Charles Willis Ward, exemplifies Couse's innate ability to encapsulate the beauty, dignity, and quiet power of David Shoppenagon, chief of the Chippewa tribe. Couse completed the present study in 1909, and the final work, in the permanent collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1910. This work is listed in the forthcoming online catalogue raisonné of the works of Eanger Irving Couse under cat. no. 0226 / id. #226. HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Apr. 30, 2023
EANGER IRVING COUSE PORTRAIT OF AN INDIAN PENCIL ON PAPER
Est: -
Eanger Irving Couse (1866 - 1936) Portrait of an Indian Pencil on Paper. Signed on lower left. Born in Saginaw, Michigan, E. I. Couse was, perhaps, the most famous of the members of the Taos Society of Artists during the period of active production from the group. In 1891, Couse settled down in the Northwest, resuming Couse's relationship with to the local Klikitat, Yakima and Umatilla tribes. Couse visited Taos for the first time in 1902, having heard of its artistic potential from Joseph Sharp. In Taos he found the perfect subject matter; his paintings began to take on more color and new authority. In 1912, when the Taos Society of Artists was formed, he was elected president, and in 1927, the family established a year-round home there. Couse was elected to full membership in the National Academy of Design in 1911. His paintings are represented in numerous museums and private collections including the Detroit Institute of Art, the Metropolitan Museum and the National Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution. His paintings received tremendous national exposure and made Taos a major attraction. Couse created images that were highly influential in changing the public's perception of the West. He was a dedicated and prolific artist, and his paintings are still regarded as the most poetic renderings of a vanished time. Artist: Eanger Irving Couse Title: Portrait of an Indian Medium: Pencil on Paper Signature Type: Hand Signed Signature Location: Lower Left Keywords: Native American, Indian Artwork, Art; Ref: BD1822
Bradford's
Apr. 30, 2023
EANGER IRVING COUSE "TAPATIE, 1891" OIL ON CANVAS
Est: -
Eanger Irving Couse (1866 - 1936) "Tapatie, 1891" Oil on Canvas Laid to Board. Signed and dated on lower left. Born in Saginaw, Michigan, E. I. Couse was, perhaps, the most famous of the members of the Taos Society of Artists during the period of active production from the group. In 1891, Couse settled down in the Northwest, resuming Couse's relationship with to the local Klikitat, Yakima and Umatilla tribes. Couse visited Taos for the first time in 1902, having heard of its artistic potential from Joseph Sharp. In Taos he found the perfect subject matter; his paintings began to take on more color and new authority. In 1912, when the Taos Society of Artists was formed, he was elected president, and in 1927, the family established a year-round home there. Couse was elected to full membership in the National Academy of Design in 1911. His paintings are represented in numerous museums and private collections including the Detroit Institute of Art, the Metropolitan Museum and the National Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution. His paintings received tremendous national exposure and made Taos a major attraction. Couse created images that were highly influential in changing the public's perception of the West. He was a dedicated and prolific artist, and his paintings are still regarded as the most poetic renderings of a vanished time. Artist: Eanger Irving Couse Title: "Tapatie, 1891" Medium: Oil on Canvas Laid to Boa Circa/Year: 1891 Signature Type: Hand Signed Signature Location: Lower Left Site Measurement: 18.25" x 15" Image Keywords: Native American, Indian Artwork, Art; Ref: BD1666
Bradford's
Mar. 19, 2023
EANGER IRVING COUSE (USA, 1866-1936).
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
"The Water Carrier". Oil on board. Signed lower right. Salmagundi Chumb / Box exhibition label verso with title. From a White Plains, NY collection.
Clarke Auction Gallery
Mar. 03, 2023
Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936) Haystacks Oil on canvas 15 x 18 inches
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936) Haystacks Oil on canvas 15 x 18 inches (38.1 x 45.7 cm) Signed lower right: E.I. Couse PROVENANCE: The artist, Taos, New Mexico, 1936; Kibbey W. Couse Estate, Taos, New Mexico, 1978; Frontier Gallery, Taos, New Mexico, 1980; Arthur R. Lucas, Thousand Oaks, California; Christie's, New York, May 31, 1985, Lot 149; Private collection, Saginaw, Michigan; Hindman, Chicago, Illinois, September 24, 2013, lot 27; Private collection, Chicago, Illinois, acquired from the above. This work is listed in the forthcoming online catalogue raisonné of the works of Eanger Irving Couse under 0835 / #838. HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Feb. 21, 2023
Eanger Irving Couse: Image Maker For America Signed Coffee Table Book
Est: $30 - $75
Signed by Virginia Couse Leavitt
Taos Estate Sales
Nov. 05, 2022
Eanger Irving Couse, Klikitat Pony
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Eanger Irving Couse (1866 - 1936) Klikitat Pony oil on canvas board signed lower right: E.I. COUSE.
Santa Fe Art Auction
Nov. 04, 2022
Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936) Hopi Archway, Walpi Arizona, 1903 Oil
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936) Hopi Archway, Walpi Arizona, 1903 Oil on canvas laid on Masonite 9 x 12-1/4 inches (22.9 x 31.1 cm) Signed lower right: E.I. Couse Bears inscription on the reverse: Hopi Archway, Walpi Arizona / Painted by E. Irving Couse N.A. / in Aug. 1903 / Kelly W. Couse PROVENANCE: Clara McMurry, Scottsdale, Arizona; Kenneth W. Smith, Bay City, Michigan; Dan May and Associates, Art of the American West, Scottsdale, Arizona, October 26, 1991; Richard G. Bowman, Denver, Colorado; John W. Grund, Denver, Colorado, acquired from the above; Hindman, Chicago, Illinois, November 13, 2013, lot 29; Private collection, Chicago, Illinois. We wish to thank Virginia Leavitt, granddaughter of E.I. Couse, for providing invaluable information on this lot, which will be included in her forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work. HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Nov. 04, 2022
Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936) The Quai at Étaples, 1902 Oil on canva
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936) The Quai at Étaples, 1902 Oil on canvas 24 x 29 inches (61.0 x 73.7 cm) Signed lower right: E.I. Couse PROVENANCE: Henry Schultheis Company, New York; Mrs. Wells, acquired from the above, March 3, 1902; Altermann Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico, December 7, 2014, lot 550 (as Fishing Scene); Private collection, Chicago, Illinois. LITERATURE: V.C. Leavitt, Eanger Irving Couse: The Life and Times of an American Artist, 1866-1936, Norman, Oklahoma, 2019 p. 140, illustrated. Couse's first trip to Paris was in 1887 where he found inspiration in European classicism and studied with celebrated artists such William Adolphe Bouguereau and Robert Fleury. After relocating to Oregon for several years, Couse once again returned to France in September 1892 to attend the Académie Julian. Living solely off the money he had made from the paintings he sold in the Pacific Northwest, Couse and his wife, Virginia, moved to Étaples, a small fishing port on the Canche river in Picardy, for three years. In a letter from this period, Virginia noted, "Now he likes it [Étaples] so much we are going to give up our Paris studio and stay all winter here. It is such a lovely place artistically and very cheap to live." (V.C. Leavitt, Eanger Irving Couse: The Life and Times of an American Artist, 1866-1936, Norman, Oklahoma, 2019, p. 129) The Quai at Étaples depicts peasant life on the waterfront at dusk on a hazy evening. A mother tends to her child in the foreground while workers gather fish and wrap up a day of labor along the coast. There is quietude in this composition that beautifully displays the tonalist qualities inspired by the tranquil light of the European landscape. Virginia Couse Leavitt writes, "No beautiful landscape attracted artists to Étaples; rather, they came because of the opalescent effects of light as well as the opportunity to record the areas of picturesque maritime and peasant life." (V.C. Leavitt, Eanger Irving Couse: The Life and Times of an American Artist, 1866-1936, Norman, Oklahoma, 2019 p. 127) Couse's time in Étaples enabled him to explore a highly academic side of his artistic abilities. His work is romantic, poetic, and atmospheric—qualities that would later translate to his New Mexico paintings. HID01801242017
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Nov. 04, 2022
Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936) Flute Song, Moonlight Oil on canvasboa
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936) Flute Song, Moonlight Oil on canvasboard 12 x 16 inches (30.5 x 40.6 cm) Signed lower right: E.I. Couse PROVENANCE: Private collection, Chicago, Illinois. We wish to thank Virginia Leavitt, granddaughter of E.I. Couse, for providing invaluable information on this lot, which will be included in her forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work. HID01801242017
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Nov. 04, 2022
Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936) Klikitat Chief Oil on canvas 15 x 15 i
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936) Klikitat Chief Oil on canvas 15 x 15 inches (38.1 x 38.1 cm) Signed lower right: E.I. Couse PROVENANCE: Quail Hollow Galleries, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Altermann Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico, April 4, 2014, lot 375; Private collection, Chicago, Illinois. LITERATURE: V.C. Leavitt, Eanger Irving Couse: The Life and Times of an American Artist, 1866-1936, Norman, Oklahoma, 2019, p. 144, illustrated. One of the most prolific figure painters of the Taos Society of Artists, E.I. Couse, was classically trained in Chicago at the Art Institute, in New York at the Art Students League, and in Paris at the Académie Julian. While in Paris, his friend and fellow student, Joseph Henry Sharp, urged him to visit the northern New Mexico town of Taos. Couse began regular visits to the area, and he and his wife Virginia eventually settled there. Prior to moving to Taos, Couse lived for a short time in the Pacific Northwest. There he continued a boyhood interest in Native American life by painting members of the Klikitat, Yakima, and Umatilla tribes. Klikitat Chief appears to have been painted upon Couse's return to the Pacific Northwest from Étaples, France (circa 1897-1901) and shortly before his move to New York. Unlike his later Taos paintings, where he carefully controlled his model's dress and setting, these early paintings more often portray his subjects as he observed them, in their native costume and environment. Even at this relatively early point in his career, Couse was clearly at ease in skillfully capturing the personality and stature of his subject. While much of the artist's later Taos work repeatedly interpreted similar themes and subjects, these early paintings produced in the Pacific Northwest show, by contrast, a wider diversity of subject matter. As the present painting demonstrates, Couse developed and mastered the style and painterly techniques he would employ in his Taos years at a relatively early point in his career. For some critics, these earlier paintings display a greater freshness than his later works. While the paintings Couse produced for the Santa Fe Railroad and other major patrons earned him great success and secured him a national reputation, works like Klikitat Chief occupy a very special place in his oeuvre, for they exhibit the particular talent and emotional sensitivity he felt for his Native American subjects long before he ever moved to New Mexico. HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Nov. 04, 2022
Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936) Winding the Bow Oil on board 9 x 12 in
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936) Winding the Bow Oil on board 9 x 12 inches (22.9 x 30.5 cm) Signed and inscribed lower left: E.I. Couse N.A. PROVENANCE: Altermann Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico, August 16, 2014, lot 102; Private collection, Chicago, Illinois. E.I. Couse was the first president of the Taos Society of Artists. His work was widely seen throughout the United States thanks to his patronage by the Santa Fe Railroad who used over twenty of his paintings for the cover of its annual calendar. Couse was a studio painter who used only two models during all of his days in Taos. Although he occasionally sketched in the open air, he preferred to pose his models using his extensive collection of Native American artifacts in his studio. He frequently repeated the theme of Indians squatting before a kiva fireplace or in front of a campfire, using the light of the fire to provide a moody quality to the painting. He also often pictured Southwestern Indians engaged in traditional native arts, such as pottery making or weaving. Like other artists of his time period, Couse often mixed artifacts and clothing from various tribes into a single painting. We wish to thank Virginia Leavitt, granddaughter of E.I. Couse, for providing invaluable information on this lot, which will be included in her forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work. HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Nov. 01, 2022
Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936) Turkey Hunter 24 1/2 x 29 1/4 in. framed 30 1/2 x 35 1/2 in.
Est: $100,000 - $150,000
Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936) Turkey Hunter signed 'E.I. Couse N.A.' (lower right) oil on canvas 24 1/2 x 29 1/4 in. framed 30 1/2 x 35 1/2 in.
Bonhams
Nov. 01, 2022
Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936) Taos Pueblo, 1st Skyscrapers in America 9 x 12 in. framed 14 x 16 1/2 in.
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936) Taos Pueblo, 1st Skyscrapers in America signed 'E.I. COUSE N.A.' (lower left) and signed again, titled and dated '1929' (on the reverse) oil on board 9 x 12 in. framed 14 x 16 1/2 in.
Bonhams
Nov. 01, 2022
Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936) Taos Pueblo at Night 9 x 12 in. framed 12 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936) Taos Pueblo at Night signed 'E.I. COUSE N.A.' (lower left) oil on canvas 9 x 12 in. framed 12 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
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