2016 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction / Lot 177
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Martin Grelle (b. 1954)
The Lost Kettle (2005)
oil on canvas
44 × 44 inches
signed and dated lower right
According to the artist, “I love painting the American Indian subject matter for what seems to me the obvious reasons: their culture represents one of the most honest, colorful, and creative times in the world. There is a tremendous romance to it. Yes, it was a hard life and often a brutal life, but they survived and lived in one of the most beautiful places on the planet...”