2012 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction / Lot 164194 / 291  •  View Catalog  •   • 

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Edgar S. Paxson (1852 – 1919)
Captain Lewis at Black Eagle Falls (1912)
watercolor on paper
10.75 × 7 inches
signed and dated lower right
Pierre de la Verendrye Discoverer of the Missouri (1912)
watercolor on paper
10.75 × 7 inches
signed and dated lower right
Father De Smet Blessing the Salish
watercolor on paper
8.75 × 14.25 inches
Crow Indian (1910)
watercolor on paper
11.5 × 9.5 inches
signed and dated lower right

Captain Lewis at Black Eagle Falls and Pierre de la Verendrye Discoverer of the Missouri are studies for two of the six murals that hang in the State Capitol Building, Helena, Montana.

PROVENANCE:
The Artist Charles
Edward Simons, Missoula, Montana, circa 1912
Present owner, by descent

164

Edgar S. Paxson

1852 – 1919

Captain Lewis at Black Eagle Falls (1912)
watercolor on paper
10.75 × 7 inches
signed and dated lower right
Pierre de la Verendrye Discoverer of the Missouri (1912)
watercolor on paper
10.75 × 7 inches
signed and dated lower right
Father De Smet Blessing the Salish
watercolor on paper
8.75 × 14.25 inches
Crow Indian (1910)
watercolor on paper
11.5 × 9.5 inches
signed and dated lower right
Sold at Auction: $43,875
Condition ReportAll watercolors exhibit no foxing or visible tears, bright colors.

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