Read this Wildlife Art Journal article Lot No. 194
CARL RUNGIUS (1869-1959)
Bull Elk in the High Country (circa 1910)
oil on canvas
29 x 46.5 inches
signed l.r.
Estimate: $300,000-500,000
Subscribers may see all 108 images. Lot No. 157
CHARLES M. RUSSELL (1864-1926)
The Truce (1907)
watercolor and gouache on paper
19 x 27 inches
signed l.l.
Estimate: $2,000,000-3,000,000
Subscribers may see all 108 images. Lot No. 150
BOB KUHN (1920-2007)
Skyscrapers
acrylic on board
24 x 36 inches
signed c.l.
Estimate: $80,000-120,000 Subscribers may see all 108 images. Lot No. 129
HENRIETTE WYETH (1907-1997)
Sleeping Model
oil on canvas
19 x 31 inches
signed l.r.
Estimate: $15,000-25,000 Subscribers may see all 108 images. Lot No. 59
E. MARTIN HENNINGS (1886-1956)
Taos Indians Homeward Bound (circa 1920)
oil on canvas
25 x 30 inches
signed l.r.
Estimate: $600,000-800,000 Subscribers may see all 108 images. Preview: Coeur d'Alene Auction Is Bellwether For Battered Art MarketSee 109 Paintings On Block HereWritten By Wildlife Art Journal Staff (Author's Bio) (EDITOR'S NOTE: Click here for Wildlife Art Journal's recap of 2009 Coeur d'Alene Art Auction), including hammer prices.
There’s a queasy tension in the air still chilling the art market. Who can ignore it?
That’s why so many artists and collectors are focusing this year on the annual Coeur d’Alene Art Auction July 25, 2009 at the Silver Legacy Resort Casino in Reno, Nevada. The largest of its kind—it specializes primarily in American Western, wildlife and sporting art—Coeur d’Alene notched a record $36,966,425 in one-day sales a year ago, which was almost $2 million more than the record setting total in 2007.
To get a sense of the electricity that predominates at Coeur d’Alene, check out this Youtube report on the 2008 auction from CBS News reporter Jerry Bowen who interviewed painters Howard Terpning and Harley Brown.
Anxiety abounds globally, no question. One need only look across the Atlantic. Early in July 2009, the business news purveyor Bloomberg reported that “the total volume of sales at London’s June auctions of Impressionist and contemporary works declined 70 percent on last year as auction houses cut jobs and guarantees to sellers to adjust to the financial slump.”
Specifically, Bloomberg reported in a widely circulated story that three major houses, Sotheby’s, Christie’s International and Phillips de Pury netted 165.9 million pounds ($269.4 million) at their annual beginning of summer events this year, down from a record 558.8 million pounds in 2008.... Additional Article Information:· Article is 1,683 words long (250 are displayed in this preview). Author: Wildlife Art Journal Staff Post Date:July 16th, 2009 '
Every one in North America involved with Western and wildlife art is anxiously awaiting to see what happens at the 2009 Coeur d'Alene Art Auction which begins on July 25, 2009 in Reno, Nevada. Wildlife Art Journal gives readers 109 paintings to watch ranging across wildlife, Western, landscapes, and portraiture. Among them is a fresh Carl Rungius painting coming on to the open market for the first time in 80 years, as well as pieces by perennial favorite Bob Kuhn, Charlie Russell. William R. Leigh, Martin Hennings, Frank Tenney Johnson, Frederic Remington, Meanwhile, among contemporary wildlife artists, we are watching works by Robert Bateman, John Banovich, Howard Terpning, Mian Situ, Ken Carlson, Tucker Smith, Z.S. Liang, Guy Coheleach, Daniel Smith, Bonnie Marris, Ralph Oberg, Francois Koch, Luke Frazier, Brett Smith, John Seerey-Lester, and William Reece. See all of the works here.
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