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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.
ProvenanceChief One Bull, Nebraska; Vincent Cadotte (Sitting Bull IV), Standing Rock Reservation, Mowbridge, South Dakota; Earl Marshall; Malcolm Grimmer, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.164.
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. 173.
Artist
Chief One Bull
(c. 1846 - 1950, Hunkpapa Lakota (Teton Sioux))
War Record--Battle of the Little Big Horn
Datec. 1940
DimensionsOverall: 36 1/4 × 73 1/2 in. (92.1 × 186.7 cm)
Object numberT0373
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label Text
In this painting One Bull provides his personal account of what took place at the Battle of Little Bighorn, June 24th, 1876. In the center are five circles that represent the five camps and tribal affiliations of the Native people that participated in the conflict. One Bull illustrates his role in the battle—he and a rescued comrade ride double on his horse while he carries the shield that he borrowed from Sitting Bull. The line of warriors across the bottom shows that the fighting shifted toward the ridge where “Custer’s Last Stand” took place. Chief One Bull created several versions of this epic day during his long life.
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.
ProvenanceChief One Bull, Nebraska; Vincent Cadotte (Sitting Bull IV), Standing Rock Reservation, Mowbridge, South Dakota; Earl Marshall; Malcolm Grimmer, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.164.
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. 173.
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