Lot 199: VICTOR DE PAUW (AMERICAN, 1902-1971) SEAL AND BEAR WOODEN HAT, 1947 Watercolor on paper: 23 1/4 x 17 3/4 in.

VICTOR DE PAUW (AMERICAN, 1902-1971)
SEAL AND BEAR WOODEN HAT, 1947
Watercolor on paper: 23 1/4 x 17 3/4 in.
Inscribed, signed, dated, and numbered: Haida, V. De Pauw, M.A.I. Heye F., Wooden Hat, Unfinished June 26, 1947, 15/4316; inscribed on verso: Watercolor by Victor De Pauw of a seal and bear design with family totem on a painted-carved wooden ceremonial hat. Haida tribe British Columbia Canada. Original is in the Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation NYC NY


Provenance: The artist until his death 1971; The De Pauw family collection