Coeur d'Alene Art Auction - July 2021

– 202 – 254 Robert Griffing (b. 1940) Friend or Foe (2000) oil on canvas 40 × 30 inches signed lower right: Griffing © 2000 VERSO Signed, titled, and dated Describing this painting the artist wrote, “Here you see the everyday reality of survival in these times, warriors on patrol discerning if the tracks in the snow indicate a possible enemy threat.” PROVENANCE Settlers West Galleries, Tucson, Arizona, 2000 Private collection, Arizona LITERATURE Tim J. Todish, The Narrative Art of Robert Griffing: Volume II: The Journey Continues , Paramount Press, 2007, p. 110, illustrated $50,000–75,000