E.I. Couse, 4 plein air oil studies of Etaples in Pais-de-Calais, Picarday (see attached for further detail)
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Eanger Irving Couse (American, 1866-1936)
Four plein air oil studies of Etaples in Pais-de-Calais, Picarday
each signed 'Couse' (lower left)
first oil on board; second, third and fourth oil on canvas
first 10 1/2 x 7 1/2in; second, third and fourth 7 x 9in
first overall: 12 1/2 x 9 1/2in; second overall: 10 1/4 x 12 1/4in; third overall: 8 3/4 x 10 3/4in; fourth overall: 9 x 11in
Sold for US$ 8,750 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • PROVENANCE:
    Collection of Pacific Union College, Angwin, California, circa 1980
    Private collection, San Francisco, California

    According to the artist's granddaughter, these four works were painted in Etaples, a fishing village and art colony in Pas-de-Calais, Picardy where Couse and his wife lived from the spring of 1893 to the spring of 1896. Pas-de-Calais is known as the Opal Coast and it was the opalescent quality of the light that attracted artists to Etaples. This was a quality Couse particularly loved and is reflected in these four examples.

Category: Fine Art / California and Western Paintings

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