ID 692933
Lot 2 | ALFRED JACOB MILLER (1810-1874)
Estimate value
$ 80 000 – 120 000
Crow Indians Attacking a Buffalo with the Lance Near the Sweet Water River
inscribed with title (upper right)
watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper
9 x 14 1⁄4 in. (22.9 x 36.2 cm.)
Provenance
The artist.
Louisa Whyte Norton, niece of the above.
The Old Print Shop, New York, 1947.
Peter Decker, New York, 1947.
William J. Holliday, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Hammer Galleries, New York, 1959.
Bruce Norris, Chicago, Illinois, 1960.
Estate of the above.
Sotheby's, New York, 4 December 1986, lot 112, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
B. Cowdrey, H. Comstock, "Alfred Jacob Miller and the Farthest West," Panorama, vol. III, no. 1, August-September 1947, p. 4, fig. 1, illustrated.
B. Devoto, Across the Wide Missouri, Boston, Massachusetts, 1947, n.p., pl. LI, illustrated.
C. Neider, The Great West, New York, 1958, p. 78, illustrated.
R. Tyler, et al., Alfred Jacob Miller: Artist on the Oregon Trail, Fort Worth, Texas, 1982, p. 317, no. 367.
| Artist: | Alfred Jacob Miller (1810 - 1874) |
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| Applied technique: | Watercolor |
| Artist: | Alfred Jacob Miller (1810 - 1874) |
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| Applied technique: | Watercolor |
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