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Olaf Carl Seltzer(American, 1877-1957)Letter with illustration of mounted cowboy and bison first 2 1/2 x 3in; second 1 1/4 x 2in
28 April 2015, 18:00 PDT
Los AngelesUS$4,000 - US$6,000
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Olaf Carl Seltzer (American, 1877-1957)
Letter with illustration of mounted cowboy and bison
first initialed 'O.S.' in ligature (lower left of the envelope) and second initialed 'O.C.S.' (lower right)
watercolor and pencil on paper
first 2 1/2 x 3in; second 1 1/4 x 2in
Painted in 1949
first initialed 'O.S.' in ligature (lower left of the envelope) and second initialed 'O.C.S.' (lower right)
watercolor and pencil on paper
first 2 1/2 x 3in; second 1 1/4 x 2in
Painted in 1949
Footnotes
Provenance
Private collection, Reno, Nevada.
In the letter to Robert A. Griffen, the artist thanks him for his Christmas card, and writes "I hope you are not being set back too bad on your house building on account of the earth quakes, they seem to be something on the order of the Helena quakes." He also mentions that he in enclosing "a master piece of 50 years ago, Oh boy, it is a large canvas."




















