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Fremont Ellis
(American, 1897-1985)
Early Spring-New Mexico
Estimate: $8,000-$12,000
Sold
$8,000
Live Auction
Western Paintings and Sculpture including Contemporary Native American Art Session I
Size
20 x 24 inches
Description
Fremont Ellis
(American, 1897-1985)
Early Spring-New Mexico
oil on canvas
signed Fremont Ellis (lower left)
20 x 24 inches
Property being sold to benefit the Mission and Vision of the Couse-Sharp Historic Site, Taos, New Mexico
Condition
Appears in overall good condition. Faint discoloration to frame in lower left corner- does not appear to have impacted canvas. Please request additional images. Framed dimensions: 28 1/2 x 32 3/4 inches
Signature
signed Fremont Ellis (lower left)
Provenance
Provenance:
Dan May & Associates, Scottsdale, Arizona
Private Collection, acquired from the above in 1992
Optometry and photography are both concerned with the eye, with sharpening vision and offering new points of view. Fremont Ellis had worked in both fields before taking up art. Ellis would become the best known of Los Cinco Pintores- Santa Fe’s answer to the Taos Founders- and in Early Spring- New Mexico, we see his unmistakable style: strong composition that leads the eye from element to element, balanced by easy brushwork and bold application of paint. Despite his interest in seeing, Ellis wants you to feel the day: winter abating; spring pulsing.
-James D. Balestrieri