256 Apache War Party

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Category Art
Auction Currency USD
Start Price 100,000.00 USD
Estimated at 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 USD
Apache War Party
Artist: Terpning, HowardDate of Birth: b. 1927
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 24 x 30 inches
Signed: Signed lower left and dated 75
Verso: Signed and titled verso

They aren’t dressed to impress; they’re dressed to inspire—fear, that is—as they ride out of the light, their horses making a shushing, snuffling sound as they move through the dry grass and rocks of the desert. In full battle regalia, painted to give their opponents pause, to dazzle their eyes in a kind of reverse camouflage, they search in every direction, anticipating an ambush, looking for an opportunity to engage the enemy on their terms, on their field of choice. Even their horses know something’s up: war is in the wind.