^Lot 48a Original Oil on Board by E.I. Couse

depicting American Indian Potter by firelight. Image size is 5"X6.5" width in period carved wood and gilt frame. Showing London dealer tag on back. From local estate. Born in Saginaw, Michigan, Eanger Couse is primarily known for paintings of Taos Pueblo Indian males sitting or squatting by camp fire light, suggesting that Indians were peaceful, dignified human beings and not the savages of Western lore. Eanger Irving Couse (1866 - 1936) was active/lived in New Mexico, New York, Michigan / France. Eanger Couse is known for Indian figure and genre painting, illustration.