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2024 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction / Lot 10234 / 373  •  View Catalog  •   • 

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Ernest Blumenschein (1874 – 1960)
Love of Life (1904)
oil on canvas
30 × 19 inches
37 × 27 × 2.5 inches (framed)
signed and dated lower right

PROVENANCE
Christie’s, New York, New York, 1997
Illustration House, New York, New York, 2002
Private collection, Great Falls, Virginia

EXHIBITED
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1910
In Contemporary Rhythm: the Art of Ernest L. Blumenschein, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2008
In Contemporary Rhythm: the Art of Ernest L. Blumenschein, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, 2008-09
In Contemporary Rhythm: the Art of Ernest L. Blumenschein, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, 2009

LITERATURE
Jack London, “Love of Life.” McClure’s Magazine, December 1905, p. 147, illustrated
Laura Bickerstaff, Pioneer Artists of Taos, Sage Books, 1983, p. 36
Peter H. Hassrick and Elizabeth J. Cunningham, In Contemporary Rhythm: the Art of Ernest L. Blumenschein, University of Oklahoma Press, 2008, pp. 49, 68, 285

102

Ernest Blumenschein

1874 – 1960

Love of Life (1904)
oil on canvas
30 × 19 inches
37 × 27 × 2.5 inches (framed)
signed and dated lower right
Sold at Auction: $9,680
Condition ReportSurface is in good condition. Canvas is lined. Hairline cracks throughout. spots of inpainting sky and foreground.

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