The Elk Hunter

Details

OLAF CARL SELTZER (1877-1957)
The Elk Hunter
signed 'O.C. Seltzer.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
20 x 30 in. (50.8 x 76.2 cm.)

Provenance

Brown & Bigelow, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Private collection, gift from the above.
Dr. and Mrs. Franz Stenzel, Portland, Oregon, acquired from the above.
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, Los Angeles, California, 24 June 1980, lot 738, sold by the above.
Private collection.
Scottsdale Art Auction, Scottsdale, Arizona, 2 April 2005, lot 158.
Art Capital Group, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2008.

Exhibited

Eugene, Oregon, University of Oregon, Museum of Art, Art of the Oregon Territory: Paintings from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Franz Stenzel, 1959, n.p.
Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, Early Days in the Northwest, September 23-October 25, 1959, pp. 22, 28, no. 67, illustrated.
Helena, Montana, Montana Historical Society; Spokane, Washington, Eastern Washington State Historical Society, An Art Perspective of the Historic Pacific Northwest: From the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Franz R. Stenzel, Portland, Oregon, August-September 1963, p. 23, no. 54, illustrated.
New York, Grand Central Art Galleries, Inc., Call of the Wild: The Primal Adventure, October 18-November 10, 1984.

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Lot Essay

At the age of twelve, Olaf Carl Seltzer entered the Danish Art School and Polytechnic Institute and, upon his father’s death, his mother moved the family to Great Falls, Montana. In Great Falls, Seltzer met fellow artist Charles Russell, whose work influenced him greatly. As a prolific artist, he completed over 2,500 works depicting Western scenes including cowboys, Native Americans, wildlife and landscapes. Originally owned by Brown & Bigelow, the present work was possibly reproduced on one of the company's calendars.

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