2021 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction / Lot 254
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Robert Griffing (b. 1940)
Friend or Foe (2000)
oil on canvas
40 × 30 inches
signed and dated lower right
VERSO
Signed, titled, and dated
Describing this painting the artist wrote, “Here you see the everyday reality of survival in these times, warriors on patrol discerning if the tracks in the snow indicate a possible enemy threat.”
PROVENANCE
Settlers West Galleries, Tucson, Arizona, 2000
Private collection, Arizona
LITERATURE
Tim J. Todish, The Narrative Art of Robert Griffing: Volume II: The Journey Continues, Paramount Press, 2007, p. 110, illustrated