2019 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction / Lot 1277 / 328  •  View Catalog  •   • 

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John Fery (1859 – 1934)
Bear at Swiftcurrent Falls
oil on canvas
36 × 72 inches
signed lower left

PROVENANCE
The Collection of William P. Healey, Jackson, WY

LITERATURE
John Fery, Artist of the Rockies, Paintings from the William P. Healey Collection, p 16, illustrated
Larry Len Peterson, John Fery, Artist of Glacier National Park & The American West (Hayden, ID: The Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, 2015), p 73, illustrated

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John Fery

1859 – 1934

Bear at Swiftcurrent Falls
oil on canvas
36 × 72 inches
signed lower left
Sold at Auction: $23,800
Condition ReportSurface condition is good. Faint bar mark along top, in upper-left portion. Hairline cracks in upper-left corner, in sky. Several hairline cracks in water, in lower-left quadrant. Spot of inpainting in upper-right corner, at edge of frame. Spot of inpainting in bear, to right of trees. Large spot (2” x 3/4”) of inpainting to left of bear, in water. Large spot (3” x 2”) of inpainting in bottom-center portion, in rocks. Four spots of inpainting in upper-left corner. Large spot (1 1/2” x 3/4”) of inpainting in lower-left corner, at edge of frame, with corresponding paint loss. Six spots of inpainting in lower-left portion, in water.

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