2025 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction
Howard Terpning (b. 1927)
Comanche Matriarch (2017)
oil on board
22 × 14 inches
31 × 23 × 3 inches (framed)
signed and dated lower right
VERSO
Signed and titled
In discussing this, painting the artist wrote: “The Comanche people led a very hard life. I tried to show their toughness and resilience in this woman’s face. They are to be admired and respected.”
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Anacortes, Washington