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Eanger Irving Couse (1866 – 1936)
The Sun Worshippers – Walnut Canyon, Arizona (ca. 1919)
oil on canvas laid on board
11.5 × 11.5 inches
14 × 14 × 1 inches (framed)
signed lower left

VERSO
Titled
Artist label with signature and title
Label, Vern Carver & Beard Galleries, Minnesota

Two letters from Marion Couse discussing the painting will accompany the lot.

The artist wrote, “The scene … is laid in Walnut Canyon, about 6 miles from Flagstaff Arizona. In ancient times this canyon was occupied by numerous indians [sic] as indicated by the many ruins of their homes. Walnut Canyon is an ideal location for defence [sic] from marauding enemies there being only one entrance and the houses being built around the circular sides of the canyon about 2 hundred feet from the top of the cliff. At the bottom several hundred feet below is a lake of great beauty. The painting represents an ancient cliff dwelling family making obesence [sic] to the rising sun, the rays of which strike with strong effect on the head & upper part of the body of the chief.”

PROVENANCE
Couse Studio, Taos, New Mexico, 1971
Dr. Jack W. Wallinga Collection
Present owner, by descent

EXHIBITED
Panhandle Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas, 1967

LITERATURE
Panhandle Plains Historical Museum, 1967, listed

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Eanger Irving Couse

1866 – 1936

The Sun Worshippers – Walnut Canyon, Arizona (ca. 1919)
oil on canvas laid on board
11.5 × 11.5 inches
14 × 14 × 1 inches (framed)
signed lower left
$50,000 – 75,000
Condition ReportSurface is in excellent condition. Two small spots of inpainting upper-left corner, at edge of frame.

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