2023 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction / Lot 157
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Tucker Smith (b. 1940)
Plains Monarch (1999)
oil on canvas
24 × 32 inches
30 × 38 × 2.75 inches (framed)
signed and dated lower right
Proceeds from this sale will benefit the Art Acquisition Fund for the Autry Museum of the American West.
According to the artist, “Bison look like docile cattle, but they are the most unpredictable of the wildlife with which I am familiar. I have been charged from a great distance for no apparent reason. Bison are a favorite of mine to paint because of their shape and bulk.”
PROVENANCE
Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, California
EXHIBITED
Masters of the American West, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, California, 2000
LITERATURE
Tucker Smith, The Paintings of Tucker Smith: A Celebration of Nature, Graphic Arts Books, 2004, pp. 144-45, illustrated