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"Two Guns", Stunning Portrait of Blackfoot Chief by Winold Reiss, 1937
$18,500
£13,990.43
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About the Item
This stunning, Art Deco portrait of Two Guns White Calf, a chief of the Piegan Blackfeet tribe in Montana, exemplifies the stylized, bold drawings of Winold Reiss, who portrayed a series of Native Americans over the course of his career. Two Guns may be best known for promoting Glacier National Park for the Great Northern Railway, encouraging tourism to the region. Reiss is renowned for designing an enormous set of mosaic industrial scenes for the Union Terminal in Cincinnati, now the Cincinnati Museum Center. His portraits are known for their bold color palettes and simplified forms which gave his subjects great dignity and importance. This portrait -- drawn on a small sketch book for a friend, James Francis White -- is a diminutive variation of a larger pastel drawing that served as the basis for a print published by the Great Northern Railway in 1940. The drawing is pastel on paper, and is signed and dated 1937.
- Creator:Winold Reiss (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 7 in (17.78 cm)Width: 4 in (10.16 cm)Depth: 0.1 in (2.54 mm)
- Style:Art Deco (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1937
- Condition:The drawing is in excellent condition; a glue stain is evident on the upper edge of the paper.
- Seller Location:Philadelphia, PA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU865148069292
Winold Reiss
Winold Reiss was a German-American muralist and illustrator who is best remembered for his portraits of the Blackfoot Indian tribe. His work was so revered by the tribe that when he died, his ashes were spread across sacred burial grounds.
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