The 40th annual Coeur d’Alene Art Auction is set to occur at Reno’s Grand Sierra Resort. Over the years, this event has generated more than $400 million in sales of top-quality paintings and sculpture reflecting the American West, both historical and contemporary.
Auction partner Mike Overby stresses the significance of “Open Range,” the major work illustrated above, which was painted by Maynard Dixon in 1942. Formerly in a museum collection and featured on the cover of The Oxford History of the American West (1996), this painting has not been on the market in more than 40 years.
Montana native son Charles M. Russell is well represented in this sale by paintings and sculptures, including the watercolor “Roping a Wolf “(1918), estimated at $ 500,000 – $750,000. Another highlight is the Reynolds Collection of important paintings by Oscar Howe (1915–1982), the South Dakota talent who brought Native American art into the modern era. These four works have also been off the market for over 40 years…