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    Sale 8546

    Important American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture

    New York, Park Avenue

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    4 December 1996

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    Lot 189

    Olaf Carl Wieghorst (1899-1988)

    A Group of Six Works: Profile of Indian; Indian with Braids; A Spinner; Indian on Horse; An Apache; A Blackfoot

    Price realised

    USD 9,200

    Estimate

    USD 10,000 - USD 15,000

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    Olaf Carl Wieghorst (1899-1988)
    A Group of Six Works: Profile of Indian; Indian with Braids; A Spinner; Indian on Horse; An Apache; A Blackfoot
    the first: signed with initials 'O.W.' lower center and inscribed 'To Harriet Happy Birthday 1969 Mae and Olaf Wieghorst' lower center; the second: signed with intials 'O.W.' lower center and inscribed 'Merry Xmas Olaf Wieghorst 1980' lower left; the third: signed with intials 'O.W.' and signed 'O. Wieghorst' lower right and inscribed with title lower left; the fourth: signed 'O. Wieghorst' lower left; the fifth: signed with initals 'O.W.' lower left and inscribed with title and 'Original by O. Wieghorst' lower center; the sixth: signed 'O. Wieghorst' lower center and inscribed with title lower right and 'original sketch by O. Wieghorst' lower left
    the first and second: watercolor on paper; the third: etching; the fourth: pen and ink on paper; the fifth and sixth: watercolor and pen and ink on paper
    the first: 6½ x 4 3/8in. (16.5 x 11.4cm.); the second: 7 x 5½in. (17.8 x 14cm.); the third: 5½ x 7¼in. (14 x 18.3cm.); the fourth: 6¾ x 6in. (17.2 x 15.3cm.); the fifth and sixth: 10 x 7½in. (25.4 x 19cm.) (6)

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