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Fighting Against the Odds
Fighting Against the Odds

Fighting Against the Odds

Datec. 1890
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/4 × 5 1/4 in. (8.3 × 13.3 cm)
Object numberT0369
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextThese three small drawings illustrate the Sioux’s deftness at attaining war honors against U.S. army soldiers. The first drawing shows three uniformed soldiers challenging a single Sioux warrior. The warrior has succeeded in touching the first officer and possibly knocking the pistol from his hand. The drawing in the center shows a Sioux warrior stealing two horses, likely from the army, and escaping unscathed. The last drawing shows a Sioux warrior touching a seemingly immobilized officer on the head. (also see T0370 and T0372)

Exhibition HistoryThe Rockwell Museum, Corning, NY, May 29, 1997 - January 8, 1998.

"American Treasures from the Fenimore Art Museum," Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL, February 20, 2004 - April 11, 2004.
ProvenanceJames Bathurst; Malcolm Grimmer, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyMorning Star Gallery/Parco, ca. 1992, n.p.

Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.162.

Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 171.
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Not on view
Drawing
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
c. 1890
Horse Stealing Scene
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
c. 1890
War Record
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
c. 1880
Three Fighting Horsemen
Artist of the Big Pointed Noses
1875-1878
Lance Stealing Five Horses
Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
c. 1870
Lance Stealing Two Horses
Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
c. 1870
Drawing - Tom Bird and Elk Woman
"Cowboy" Robert Ridge Walker
1901
Drawing - Katie Hard Robe and Tom Bird
"Cowboy" Robert Ridge Walker
1901
Drawing - Dandy on Horseback
"Cowboy" Robert Ridge Walker
1901

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