The C. G. Wallace Collection of American Indian Art, Auction Catalog [SOLD]

The C. G. Wallace Collection of American Indian Art

November 14, 15 & 16, 1975

Public Auction under the management of SOTHEBY PARKE BERNET INC. at the Adams Hotel, Phoenix Arizona

This is the official auction catalog of the C. G. Wallace collection in 1975.  Included is the official sales realized price list.  The catalog is 194 pages of 1155 items in the auction.  

For half a century, C. G. Wallace lived and worked among the Indians on the Zuni reservation near Gallup, NM.  During a colorful career that began in 1918, he established a rapport with the Zuni and Navajo achieved by few other white men.  In the process, he stimulated the development of Southwestern arts and crafts, compiled one of the world's best collections of Indian works and amassed a personal fortune.  

“Mr. Wallace lived and worked among the Indians on the Zuni reservation in northwestern New Mexico.  During a colorful career that began in 1918, he established a rapport with the Zuni and Navajo achieved by few other white men.  In the process, he stimulated the development of Southwestern arts and crafts, compiled one of the world’s best collections of Indian works and amassed a personal fortune.” [ from an interview with Wallace. The full interview is printed in the catalog]