Scottsdale Art Auction
Live Auction

April 2025 | Session II (Lots 243-464)

Sat, Apr 12, 2025 04:00PM EDT
Lot 299

Allan Houser (1914-1994) 54 1/2 inches overall height

Estimate: $55,000 - $85,000
Sold for
$70,200
Sold Price includes BP

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Artist: Allan Houser; Title: Smoke Signal; Medium: Bronze, cast 4/15; Dimensions: 54 1/2 inches overall height; Signed: Signed and dated 93; Framed/Base: 0 x 0 inches

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Literature: Allan Houser, An American Master, W. Jackson Rushing III, Harry N. Abrams Inc., 2004: p. 238. Smoke Signal is one of the most acclaimed works by Chiricahua Apache artist Allan Houser, whose contemporary visions of Native American figures pushed his classically Western subjects into the realm of modern art. The bronze was first created in 1993 after Houser was invited to participate in the Prix de West exhibition at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. The bronze won the museum purchase prize, and a cast (one of only 15) now resides in the museum’s permanent collection. Houser was the first Native American to win the top honor at the museum.