Coeur d'Alene Art Auction - July 2021

– 95 – 120 Joseph Velazquez (b. 1942) Snake River Expedition (2011) oil on canvas 26 × 48 inches signed lower right: J. Velazquez 2011 As described by the artist, “Deemed impassible by the Astorians traveling to the Pacific in 1811, the canyon below present day Hoback, Wyoming on the Snake River (then known as the Lewis River) presented a formidable barrier. So much so, Wilson Price Hunt, the leader of the expedition, called the river ‘Mad River.’ Later, many other trappers and explorers expressed the same sentiment. But eventually some did traverse the canyon. “In my painting set in the early 1800s a group of trappers travel upstream probing the canyon in search of passage. It is late September and the river is running low. With determination and good luck, they may be among the few who finally succeed.” PROVENANCE Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, Reno, Nevada, 2011 Private collection, Reno, Nevada $10,000–15,000 121 John Coleman (b. 1958) Wunnestow, the White Buffalo (2010) bronze 30 inches high inscribed on base: White Buffalo Wunnestow Blackfeet Catlin Bodmer Series #10 © 2010 John Coleman CA 18/35 PROVENANCE Private collection, Reno, Nevada $10,000–15,000