2017 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction / Lot 49
49
Don Oelze (b. 1965)
Apache Strategy (2017)
oil on canvas
38 × 44 inches
signed lower right
The artist writes, “When being pursued, the Apaches would often get off their mounts one by one onto a rock while a warrior would lead the horses on ahead... The pursuers would hopefully be fooled into continuing their chase of the now riderless horses.”