2017 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction / Lot 6
6
Edgar S. Paxson (1852 – 1919)
Northern Indian (1905)
gouache on paper
11.5 × 8.5 inches
signed and dated lower right
VERSO
Label, B.F. Calkins Art Store, Butte, MT
Original 1909 postcard with image of painting
In 1906, nine Paxson portraits, including Northern Indian, were reproduced as a series of postcards. These watercolors are considered some of Paxson’s best works.
PROVENANCE
Shirley Paxson, Butte, MT
The Collection of Robert Drummond, Hayden, ID