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Wed, May 1, 2024 02:00PM EDT - Wed, May 15, 2024 07:00PM EDT
Lot 34

Nick Eggenhofer (1897-1985) Painting, "Indian Holding a Gun on Horseback"

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,500

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Framed Nick Eggenhofer (1897-1985) watercolor and gouache on paper painting "Indian Holding a Gun on Horseback". Signed Iower right. Bears John Moran Auction tag verso. Born in Gauting, Bavaria, Nick Eggenhofer became a painter of the American West with its cowboys and Indians. He has a reputation for historical accuracy from careful research and also as an authority about frontier western transportation. He was first exposed to the lore of the American West by hearing about Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Germany from older relatives who had seen performances. American western movies continued to stir the interest. In 1913, at the age of sixteen, he came to America with his family from Germany, and three years later he enrolled in night art classes at Cooper Union in New York, something he did for four years. During the day he studied lithography at the American Lithography Company and later settled in Cody, Wyoming. Dimensions: Sight: 18"h x 12.5"w; Frame: 26.5"h x 21"w. Processing and shipping within the continental U.S. $70 plus a 1.5% replacement cost insurance fee. Discounts given on combined lot shipping.

Condition

Good, did not examine out of frame. Please see photos.

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June 2010 John Moran Auctioneers, lot 124