$431
Eric L. (Frederic) Pape (American, 1870-1938) Itzlil' Staggered , 1898 Signed and dated "Eric Pape 98" in pencil l.r., estate stamped "Eric Pape" and identified on a label affixed to the backing. Watercolor on paper, sight size 18 3/4 x 12 3/4 in. (47.6 x 32.4 cm), framed. Condition: Not examined out of frame. Literature: Lew Wallace, The Fair God: A Tale of the Conquest of Mexico (Houghton Mifflin, 1898), pp. 231-2 (illus.). N.B. The present work depicts the following scene in The Fair God : "For the 'tzin!' shouted the hunter, striking back before the other half recovered. The shield was dashed aside; a groan acknowledged a wound in the breast, and Iztil' staggered; another blow stretched him on the pavement. A stream of blood, black in the night, stole slowly over the flags. The fight was over."
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-04-09
