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Mountains, Plains, and Pueblos | February 18, 2025

Tue, Feb 18, 2025 10:00AM EST
Lot 73

John Coleman Sculpture, Mystic Smoke and Sacred Arrows

Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000

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(Arizona/California, born 1949)

Native American chief poised to shoot an arrow into the sky, 2010, edition 22/35, signed in naturalistic base "John Coleman" and inscribed with title, patinated and cold painted bronze on rotating wood plinth, 38 x 17 x 20 in.

Provenance: Scottsdale Art Auction, April 6, 2019, lot 152, sold for $26,325; Property from a Linville, North Carolina Home

Note: For another cast of this bronze see Jackson Hole Art Auction, September 19, 2020, lot 224, which sold for $32,725

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Scottsdale Art Auction, April 6, 2019, lot 152, sold for $26,325; Property from a Linville, North Carolina Home

bronze with gold to light brown patina, good condition