Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936). Portrait: Head of a Klikitat Chief (Young Yakima Chief), circa 1896. Oil on c...

Description

Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936)
Portrait: Head of a Klikitat Chief (Young Yakima Chief), circa 1896
Oil on canvas laid on Masonite
16 x 12 inches (40.6 x 30.5 cm)
Signed lower left: E.I. Couse

PROVENANCE:
Eanger Irving Couse Estate, Taos, New Mexico, 1936;
Kibbey W. Couse, Taos, New Mexico;
Frank Rapstine, Amarillo, Texas, acquired from the above;
By descent to the present owner, El Paso, Texas.

EXHIBITED:
Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, "A Retrospective Exhibit," June 14, 1936;
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas, "Green Mountain: E.I. Couse in Taos," May 9-August 23, 1998, no. 12 (as Young Yakima Chief).

LITERATURE:
Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, A Retrospective Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, 1936, no. 21, (as Portrait: Head of a Klikitat Chief).

This work is listed in the forthcoming online Catalogue Raisonné of the works of Eanger Irving Couse under 1534 / id #1538.


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