Coeur d'Alene Art Auction - July 2021

– 191 – 242 Robert Bateman (b. 1930) Above the Rapids – Gulls and Grizzly (2005) acrylic on canvas 30 × 48 inches signed lower right: Robert Bateman 2005 © VERSO Signed, titled, and dated Label, Spanierman Gallery, New York, New York In discussing this painting the artist wrote, “Wild Pacific salmon continue to play a vital role in the chain of life for many species. Salmon are an essential element for nourishment of wildlife from grizzly bears to birds to other aquatic life and insects. Although I have not shown a salmon, you know they are there. Some are in the quiet water above the falls and others are still fighting their way upstream. This is why the grizzly bear and gulls are there. This is the banquet time so important to these species and many others. It is a far-ranging crime against nature and against us to jeopardize the spectacular wild salmon.” $60,000–90,000