Art of the American West | Day 1
Sale Starts
Jun 19
10amSale Ends
Jun 30
10amTerms & Conditions
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John Moran Auctioneers
Description & Details
John Moran Auctioneers' Summer 2026 Art of the American West auction, a two-day event featuring 434 lots highlighted by works from Oscar Howe, Eanger Irving Couse, Kathryn Woodman Leighton, Curt Walters, Gunnar Widforss, James Swinnerton, Boyd Elder, and others, alongside bronzes by Charles M. Russell, Glenna Goodacre, Fritz White, Sid Burns, and Dan Namingha. Additional offerings include Native American textiles, fetish carvings, Arts and Crafts furniture, and Art Nouveau decorative arts. A capsule collection from Owens Valley collector Robert Schaefer (1942–2024), include baskets from the Washoe, Paiute, Mono, Tubatulabal, Panamint Shoshone, Yokuts, California Mission, and Apache traditions. Selections of Pueblo pottery and Southwest jewelry from the collection continue into Day 2. Together, the two sessions offer an exceptional survey of Native American and Western artistic traditions from the nineteenth century to the present day.



























































































































![1124 Charles Marion Russell (1864-1926) "Buffalo Rubbing Rock" (pair of bookends), 1921 Patinated bronze Each signed and dated in the casting: C M Russel [cattle cipher]; each with foundry impression: Roman Bronze Works, N.Y. 2 pieces Each: 7.125" H x 7" W x 3.875" D Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4968162/1-2/53988e9f-ff27-4dc4-bbbc-9eb308e9fdea.jpg)
![1125 Charles Marion Russell (1864-1926) "Reclining Steer," modeled 1924 Patinated bronze on marble plinth Signed in the casting: C M Russel [cattle cipher]; with foundry impression: Roman Bronze Works, N.Y. Bronze: 3.75" H x 6.625" W x 3.625" D; Plinth: 1" H x 7.125" W x 5.125" D Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4968162/1-2/73b9976d-4f5f-4aa9-997c-918e70feed1b.jpg)






![1132 Sid Burns (1916-1979) "As Dust Before Him," 1977 Patinated bronze Signed, dated, numbered, and titled in the casting: © / Sid Burns / 7-24 / [artist's cipher]; foundry mark: Phippen Bronze 17.875" H x 8.75" W x 7.125" D Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4968162/1-2/2507af02-c33b-4826-af7a-4c1240b33c85.jpg)

![1134 Doug Hyde (b. 1946) "Southwest Potter" Patinated bronze on wood plinth Edition: 218/230 Signed and numbered in the casting: D. Hyde / [stick horse cipher] © Bronze: 7.625" H x 8.5' W x 5.375" D; Plinth: 1.75" H x 9.5" W x 6.5" D Estimate: $400 - $600](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4968162/1-2/99680b52-d1df-4cb2-89c5-6160ae3330ce.jpg)









![1144 Leonard E. "Gus" Shafer (1907-1985) "Sundown: Thanks for Another Day," 1970 Patinated bronze Edition: 13/15 Signed, titled, dated and numbered in the casting: SHAFER / [yoke cipher] © 15.5" H x 14" W x 6.25" D Estimate: $500 - $700](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4968162/1-2/ed182fd7-c5cb-4fd6-8ecb-38de56d953b7.jpg)













![1158 After James Earle Fraser (1876-1953) A plaster figure after "The End of the Trail" (1894), 1982 Incised in the plaster base: © DAVE GROSSMAN [indistinct] / © NATIONAL COWBOY [INDISTINCT]; metal plaque applied to base: © National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center 1982 / Dave Grossman Designs, Inc. Raised on a wood plinth Overall without spear: 13.75" H x 12.625" W x 8" D; Spear: 15.625" L Estimate: $200 - $300](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4968162/1-2/820bd62a-3db7-4f9d-a720-f4a36b0363a4.jpg)

















![1176 Robert Rivera (20th Century) A turquoise-mounted polychrome gourd, late 20th century Signed and inscribed to underside: Robert Rivera [artist's device] / Albuq, New Mexico / (Manitou Pueblo Design) Painted with black, red, and white frogs, mounted with a spiral string centered by a turquoise accent 6.125" H x 7.25" W x 7.375" D Estimate: $200 - $300](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4968162/1-2/50703a3e-ef27-496d-8ad8-85a9262c2c12.jpg)




















![1197 Bob Scriver (1914-1999) "The Golden Dragon," 1973 Patinated bronze on wood plinth Edition: 9/30 Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in the casting: © BOB SCRIVER; with foundry mark: BRONZE [in a shaped cartouche] Bronze: 9.25" H x 11.625" W x 8.5" D; Overall: 11.125" H x 14.875" W x 10.25" D Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4968162/1-2/1030fb51-3bf8-43ea-b139-917ad3ca3079.jpg)

![1199 Carl J. Koontz (20th Century) "What Was That?" Patinated bronze on wood plinth Edition: 1/15 Signed, titled, and numbered in the casting: © Carl J Koontz / CJK [artist's cipher] Bronze: 7.75" H x 7.125" W x 4" D; Overall: 8.5" H x 8.375" W x 5.5" D Estimate: $300 - $500](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4968162/1-2/75b00d8c-c321-4daa-87f7-b9268a848ddc.jpg)


























![1226 Dan Namingha (b. 1950, Hopi-Tewa) "Dualities," 1997 Mixed patinated bronze on metal base Edition: 20/20 Signed, dated, and numbered in the base: Dan Namingha / © 97 / [artist's cipher] Overall: 20" H x 18.875" W x 7" D Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4968162/1-2/937da515-2dd1-4de0-b513-3989e1566b47.jpg)






























































![1289 Maria [Pond Lily] Povika Montoya Martinez (1887-1980, San Ildefonso Pueblo) A small blackware pottery bowl, mid-20th century Incised signature to underside: Maria Povika 2.375" H x 3.5" Dia. Estimate: $400 - $600](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4968162/1-2/05312c93-d0df-4096-8d11-8aacd0b4429a.jpg)
![1290 Maria [Pond Lily] Povika Montoya Martinez (1887-1980, San Ildefonso Pueblo) A blackware pottery dish, mid-20th century Incised signature to underside: Maria Povika 1" H x 6.125" Dia. Estimate: $400 - $600](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4968162/1-2/318b70c8-4f53-4dc3-a740-bdfffa98a152.jpg)

![1292 Two San Ildefonso Pueblo blackware pottery vessels Two works: Anita Martinez (1927-1994, San Ildefonso Pueblo) A small vase, mid-20th century Incised to underside: Anita Martinez / [cloud cipher] With slip-painted band of stepped motifs to shoulder 3.75" H x 2.75" Dia. Juan Tafoya (1949-2006, San Ildefonso Pueblo) A small jar, 1976 Incised to underside: JUAN TAFOYA / SAN ILDEFONSO / 76 With slip-painted band of feather motifs to shoulder 3" H x 5" Dia. 2 pieces Estimate: $200 - $300](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4968162/1-2/0f46ae63-3884-415c-95ca-305c51790dcb.jpg)

![1294 Paqua [Frog Woman] Naha (c. 1890-1955, Hopi-Tewa) A polychrome pottery olla, early/mid-20th century Signed in slip with artist's frog cipher with straight-line 'toes' The wide shouldered jar with a band of red and brown avian motif panels on a cream slip ground 5.75" H x 8.25" Dia. Estimate: $500 - $700](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4968162/1-2/7b01d3c1-d592-4157-93b9-eed4ca482b3d.jpg)




![1299 Sylvia [Featherwoman] Naha (1951-1999, Hopi-Tewa) A polychrome pottery jar, late 20th century Signed to underside with artist's feather cipher and: S The three-color jar with red and brown lizard motifs alternating with hachured geometric motifs on a white slip ground 6.25" H x 4.125" Dia. Estimate: $200 - $400](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4968162/1-2/44af1343-5d7e-4b24-959c-a501d37ea9a8.jpg)





![1305 Four Southwest Pueblo blackware pottery vessels Four works: Barbara [Sunbeam Tahn-Moo-Whe] Gonzales (b. 1947, San Ildefonso Pueblo) Three sgraffito seed pots, late 20th/early 21st century Each incised to underside: S THAN-MOO-WHE / [cloud cipher]; two numbered '4 7' or '3 7' Comprising one depicting a bighorn sheep and spider with inset turquoise and coral accents, another decorated with a spider with inset turquoise, and the last an owl 3 pieces Bighorn: 1.75" H x 3.75" Dia.; Each round: 2.125" H x 2.875" Dia. Ray Tafoya (1956-1994, Santa Clara Pueblo) A sgraffito seed pot, 1981 Incised to underside: [mountain cipher] / R Tafoya / SCP / 4/81 With applied turquoise and coral accents, depicting fish, a lizard, a turtle, and a frog 2.125" H x 2" Dia. 4 pieces total Estimate: $400 - $600](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4968162/1-2/739912f4-056a-4e7e-a54f-8008e6491937.jpg)



![1309 Three Hopi Pueblo polychrome yellowware pottery vessels Three works: Marcia [Ant Woman] Rickey (1918-1994, Walpi/Hopi-Tewa) A pottery wedding vase, mid/late 20th century Signed with artist's flying ant cipher to underside With brown and red swirling geometric motifs 8.375" H x 7.5" W x 4.375" D Josephine Kachinmana (b. 20th century, Hopi-Tewa) A pottery jar, mid-20th century Signed to underside: Josephine Kachinmana With brown and red stepped and swirling geometric motifs 4.125" H x 4.5" Dia. Theresa [Payamqa] Sahme Harvey (1904-1981, Hopi-Tewa) A pottery jar, mid/late 20th century Signed to underside: Theresa Harvey With brown and red swirling geometric and feather motifs 3.875" H x 4.5" Dia. 3 pieces Estimate: $200 - $400](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4968162/1-2/249b9ca5-dd98-435c-9923-d84dea37a52b.jpg)



![1313 A group of ten diminutive Southwest Pueblo pottery items Mid-20th century-early 21st century Each but two variously signed Comprising a Helen [Feather Woman] Naha (1922-1993, Hopi-Tewa) olla, an Emma Naha (b. 20th century, Hopi-Tewa) polychrome yellowware seed jar, a Stella Teller (b. 1929, Isleta Pueblo) polychrome olla, a Joanne Tsanatewa (b. 20th century, Hopi-Tewa) seed jar, a Mary Tenorio (b. 1946, Santo Domingo Pueblo) redware jar, a 'Myra Garcia' blackware bowl, two 'L. Concho' jars, a polychrome yellowware olla, and a blackware dinosaur figure 10 pieces Largest: 2.75" H x 2.25" W; Smallest: 1" H x 1.5" Dia. Estimate: $200 - $400](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4968162/1-2/5b4fdd47-04a8-4ee1-bd7a-d33398c68438.jpg)







![1321 A group of eight Southwest Pueblo blackware pottery animals Mid/late 20th century Five variously incised with signature, two inscribed 'M' or 'E', and one incised: RG [conjoined] Comprising four bears and three turtles or lizards, four mounted with turquoise accents, by artists such as Kathy [Wan Povi] Sanchez (b. 1950, San Ildefonso Pueblo), Anacita Abeyta [Than Povi] Salazar (b. 1931, San Juan Pueblo), Adam Martinez (1903-2000, San Ildefonso Pueblo), and Cavan [Tse-whang Eagle Tail] Gonzales (b. 1970, San Ildefonso Pueblo) 8 pieces Largest: 2.625" H x 5" W x 2.5" D; Shortest: 1.125" H x 4" W x 2.5" D Estimate: $300 - $500](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4968162/1-2/10843299-13a4-4fe7-ba48-c3cd2aef31d4.jpg)









![1331 A Dirk van Erp hammered copper flower basket 1913-1915; San Francisco Base impressed: Dirk van Erp [open box mark] The canoe-form basket with pierced flower vase design to handle 7" H x 11" W x 6.375" D Estimate: $500 - $700](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4968162/1-2/cdc28420-0647-4604-a39d-39ca1c8b782a.jpg)




![1336 Two Stickley tile top plant stands, nos. 89-52 & 89-48 2011 & 2013 With factory burn mark and applied metal Mission Reissue label; stamped with date and model number: 89-48 [or] 89-52: / 32 Each with inset tile top, comprising one with upper gallery and joined by an H-stretcher with keyed mortise and tenon joints, and one with cut-out corners joined by a shaped X-stretcher 2 pieces Taller: 26.5" H x 13.5" W x 13.5" D; Shorter: 22.25" H x 17" W x 17" D Estimate: $300 - $500](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4968162/1-2/3617b365-b3a9-49f6-8131-9b5d0e7f1b93.jpg)


































































![1402 Tino Youvella (b. 1940, Hopi-Tewa/Laguna Pueblo) A polychrome carved cottonwood "Blue Ahite" katsina, late 20th century Signed and inscribed to underside: [artist's sun cipher] / Tino Youvella / Blue Ahite / Uncle of All / Mix Kachinas / Hopi Depicted with elaborate headdress and holding a whip Overall: 13" H x 6" W x 5.75" D Estimate: $200 - $400](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4968162/1-2/82f37faf-31e7-4382-b3d6-f27fd7af4fb3.jpg)














![1417 Machinque Peshewa (20th Century, Shawnee) Two horsehead dance wands, mid-20th century Each signed and inscribed: MACHINQUE / PESHEWA / SHAWNEE / [indecipherable] Fur, hide, and brass tacks on carved wood, one with wood and glass beading 2 pieces Longer: 28.5" L x 3" W x 1.375" D; Shorter: 28.25" L x 3.875" W x 1.375" D Estimate: $200 - $400](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4968162/1-2/ccfac280-8e23-4207-9395-5d7f4199d182.jpg)







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