Coeur d'Alene Art Auction - July 2021

– 249 – 310 Robert Griffing (b. 1940) The Trackers (2010) oil on canvas laid on board 14 × 11 inches signed lower left: Griffing © 2010 VERSO Signed, titled, and dated According to Michael Galban, “Native trackers were known to be able to distinguish not only between European shoes and moccasins, but also between tribal moccasin styles! James Smith recounts a story from the 1750s of Catawba warriors who strapped buffalo hoofs to their feet to entice their enemies by the tracks they left behind. Mohawk hunters, as a consequence, found the tracks and followed them into a deadly ambush.” EXHIBITED Only a Matter of Time: The Paintings of Robert Griffing , Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2010 LITERATURE Michael Galban, The Historical Art of Robert Griffing: An Amazing Journey , Paramount Press, 2018, p. 41, illustrated $10,000–15,000 311 David Nordahl (b. 1941) Ambush (2012) oil on canvas 30 × 38 inches signed lower right: Nordahl © 2012 PROVENANCE The SalahM. Hassanein Collection Present owners, by descent, 2019 $6,000–9,000