2019 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction / Lot 325
325
Robert Griffing (b. 1940)
I Was a Warrior Once (2007)
oil on canvas
12 × 9 inches
signed and dated lower right
From A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison, “Sheninjee was a noble man; large in stature, elegant in his appearance; generous in his conduct; courageous in war; a friend to peace, and a great lover of justice.”
PROVENANCE
Joe and Doris Hinton Collection, Washington, TX
LITERATURE
Michael Calban, The Historical Art of Robert Griffing (Panama, NY: Paramount Press Inc., 2018), p 145, illustrated