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Henry Farny, 'After Big Game.' Estimate: $80,000-$120,000. Cowan's Auctions Inc.

Expectations high for Farny painting in Cowan’s sale April 4

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf
Henry Farny, 'After Big Game.' Estimate: $80,000-$120,000. Cowan's Auctions Inc.
Henry Farny, ‘After Big Game.’ Estimate: $80,000-$120,000. Cowan’s Auctions Inc.

CINCINNATI – Cowan’s Auctions Inc.’s American Indian and Western Art Auction will take place on Friday, April 4. The auction will feature an array of paintings, weaponry, paintings, basketry, beadwork, moccasins, clothing and more. LiveAuctioneers.com will facilitate Internet live bidding.

The sale will feature the final portion of the Marvin Lince Collection of American Indian weaponry and accoutrements. An Eastern Plains three-bladed knife club from the Lince Collection sold for $180,000 in Cowan’s 2013 auction. Additionally, Cowan’s will be offering an excellent selection of paintings by well-known Western artists such as Henry Farny and Joseph Henry Sharp.

Items from the Lince Collection are expected to attract competitive bidding in the auction. Some of the featured pieces include an Iroquois figural ball club, which is estimated to bring $40,000-$50,000. A dag knife with a pony beaded sheath is estimated at $30,000-$40,000, and a Jukes Coulson dag knife is expected to sell for $20,000-$30,000.

Exceptional weavings and blankets will also be offered in the sale. A Navajo Klagetoh roomsize weaving is estimated to bring $6,000-$8,000. A late classic Navajo child’s blanket is expected to sell for $6,000-$8,000. Finally, a Navajo late classic woman’s dress, from the collection of William Haskell Simpson is estimated at $10,000-$15,000.

Beaded Items will be hitting the auction block in the sale. A plateau beaded hide blanket is estimated to sell for $15,000-$20,000, a pair of Apache pictorial beaded hide high-top moccasins are estimated at $6,000-$8,000, and an Arapaho beaded hide warrior doll is expected to sell anywhere between $4,000-$6,000.

Pottery and basketry will be featured in the auction. A Maragaret Tafoya carved redware jar is estimated at $10,000-$20,000. A Nuu-chah-nulth painted basketry hat is expected to bring $3,000-$5,000, an Elizabeth Naranjo blackware jar is estimated at $3,000-$5,000, and an Acoma polychrome figural jar is estimated at $2,500-$3,500.

Additional notable items that will be featured in the April 4 auction include a circa 1835 Cherokee bandolier bag collected by Michael Francis, which is expected to bring anywhere between $40,000-$60,000, a still life by Joseph Henry Sharp is estimated at $20,000-$30,000, a Henry Farny bronze bust, titled Pueblo of Zuni / Bernice Sal Ql Saye, is estimated at $8,000-$12,000, and a polychrome totem pole by Charlie James is estimated at $6,000-$8,000.

For more information about the auction or to consign for future auctions, call Danica Farnand at 513-871-1670 ext. 215.

 

View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE

Henry Farny, 'After Big Game.' Estimate: $80,000-$120,000. Cowan's Auctions Inc.
Henry Farny, ‘After Big Game.’ Estimate: $80,000-$120,000. Cowan’s Auctions Inc.
Cherokee bandolier bag collected by Michael Francis, Esq. (1801-1860). Estimate: $40,000-$60,000. Cowan's Auctions Inc.
Cherokee bandolier bag collected by Michael Francis, Esq. (1801-1860). Estimate: $40,000-$60,000. Cowan’s Auctions Inc.
Blackfoot pony beaded knife sheath with dag knife from the collection of Marvin L. Lince, Oregon. Estimate: $30,000-$40,000. Cowan's Auctions Inc.
Blackfoot pony beaded knife sheath with dag knife from the collection of Marvin L. Lince, Oregon. Estimate: $30,000-$40,000. Cowan’s Auctions Inc.
Margaret Tafoya (Santa Clara, 1904-2001) carved redware jar. Estimate: $10,000-$20,000. Cowan's Auctions Inc.
Margaret Tafoya (Santa Clara, 1904-2001) carved redware jar. Estimate: $10,000-$20,000. Cowan’s Auctions Inc.