BONHAMS
LOS ANGELES—On June 4, 2018, Bonhams will hold
its sale of Native American art in its Los Angeles sale
room on Sunset Blvd., which will be the site for the
department’s future sales. This sale will feature some
250 lots, including a selection of fi ne beadwork from
several private collections, Navajo weavings and nineteenth
American jewelry and pottery, a selection of artwork
by Inupiat/Inupiak artist James Kivetoruk Moses
(1900–1982), historic basketry and pottery, kachinas,
and paintings by Pueblo artists. Among the highlights
are two men’s war shirts, one Nez Perce and one
Blackfoot, a Transmontane and an Upper Missouri River
or Plateau tobacco bag, and a fi ne Cheyenne beaded
38
century Saltillo blankets, contemporary Native
cradleboard. The collection is rounded out with
a large and fascinatingly detailed painting
on linen, one of the fi nest works
BELOW: Seated fi gure.
Olmec, Mexico or
Guatemala.
Jade.
To be offered by Heritage, Dallas, on
June 26, 2018, est. $15,000–25,000.
ABOVE: Beaded tobacco
bag. Transmontane,
western United States.
Hide, glass beads, trade cloth, fi ber.
To be offered by Bonhams, Los
Angeles, on June 4, 2018,
est. $15,000–25,000.
ABOVE: Maskette.
Olmec, Mexico or
Guatemala.
Jade.
To be offered by Heritage, Dallas, on
June 26, 2018, est. $30,000–40,000.
BELOW: Detail of Maori
treasure box, wakahuia.
New Zealand, 19th century.
Courtesy Patrick Mestdagh Gallery,
Brussels.
© Paul Louis.
ABOVE: Beaded and
fringed man’s war shirt.
Blackfoot; Saskatchewan,
Alberta, and British
Columbia, or Montana.
Hide, fabric, paint, glass beads,
ermine, feathers.
To be offered by Bonhams, Los
Angeles, on June 4, 2018, est.
$25,000–35,000.
known attributed to Louis
Fenno (Ute, d. 1903).
HERITAGE
DALLAS—A book with thirty-three drawings by Kiowa
artist Etahdleuh Doanmoe (Hunting Boy) and an
assortment of Olmec artworks are among the highlights
in Heritage’s Ethnographic Art Auction, to be
held in Dallas on June 26, 2018. The auction, which
will include about 700 lots, will feature a wide variety
of pottery, baskets, weavings, beadwork, paintings,
and sculpture.
The Hunting Boy Ledger features colorful depictions
of the artist’s life experiences ranging from hunting
scenes to battle scenes and other recollections of
Etahdleuh’s life as a free man, intermixed with views
of life at Fort Marion, where he was incarcerated for
three years. The book has been held privately for the
last 142 years.
The auction also includes an array of Olmec jade
lots, including a jade maskette, a necklace with large
beads, a seated jade fi gure, a jade scepter, and three
belt plaques. A Blackfoot painted muslin inscribed
“History of the Deeds of ‘Big Spring’” and a pair of
standing Dan fi gures from Côte d’Ivoire are among
other highlights.
MASTERPIECE
LONDON—Subtitled “The Unmissable Art Fair,”
Masterpiece London will be held June 28–July 4,
2018, at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, providing visitors
the opportunity to view and buy the fi nest works of
art, design, furniture, and jewelry ranging from antiquity
to the present day. The fair offers an unparalleled
opportunity for new and established collectors
to discover exceptional works for sale across a range
of price points from 160 international exhibitors
and across every major market discipline. As we
go to press, the exhibitor list includes at least
two galleries that will resonate with the readers
of these pages. Patrick & Ondine Mestdagh of
Brussels will bring a collection of fi ne antique
weapons, jewelry, and ethnographic objects,
each selected with a unrelentingly refi ned eye
to aesthetics. Finch & Co. of London will exhibit
an eclectic wunderkammer of artworks and artifacts
that will include ethnographica, antiquities,
natural history specimens, and curiosities.
ART IN MOTION