Lot 130: Amédée Joullin (1862-1917) The Passing of the Wampum Belt 36 1/2 X 57 1/4in

Amédée Joullin (1862-1917)
The Passing of the Wampum Belt signed and dated 'Amédée Joullin 97.' (lower right)oil on canvas36 1/2 X 57 1/4inPainted in 1897.

Provenance: The Luzern Hotel, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, 1959.Private collection, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, and Sun City, Arizona, owner of the above.Private collection, Taos, New Mexico, by family decent, 2008. Literature: "Among the Artists," San Francisco Call, Vol. 82, No. 76, August 15, 1897, p. 11 (as 'The Exchange of the Wampum Belt').Arthur I. Street, "California Artists - III: The Work of Amédée Joullin, Overland Monthly, Vol. XXXIII, No. 193, January 1899, p. 4, 9, black and white line illustration."Artist A. Joullin is Highly Honored," San Francisco Call, Vol. 87, No. 185, May 24, 1900, p. 9 (as 'The Passing of the Wampum Belt')."Honors for Amédée Joullin," The Argonaut, Vol. XLVI, No. 1211, May 28, 1900, p. 14 (as 'Passing of the Wampum Belt').