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Exhibition History"American Treasures from the Fenimore Art Museum," Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL, February 20, 2004 - April 11, 2004.
ProvenanceAntiquities Dealer, Laguna Beach, California; Vincent Price, Beverly Hills, California; 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.120.
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. 133.
Artist
Sitting Bull/Scabby Bull
(Inunaina (Arapaho) or Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne))
Two Warriors on a Red Horse
Date1875-1878
DimensionsOverall: 5 3/4 × 11 3/4 in. (14.6 × 29.8 cm)
Object numberT0384
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextIn this drawing, the artist, Sitting Bull, documented an unsuccessful horse raid by two fellow Inunaina (Arapaho) men, Eagle Chief and Dog, who are identified by their name glyphs. Young men, anxious to establish themselves, often carried out horse raids together. Here Eagle Chief and Dog flee on Dog’s horse while two Apsalooke (Crow) warriors fire rifles at them. They ride double because Eagle Chief’s horse was mortally wounded. Blood flows from a gun shot wound in Eagle Chief’s leg. Dog will receive an important war honor, or “coup”, for saving his compatriot.
Exhibition History"American Treasures from the Fenimore Art Museum," Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL, February 20, 2004 - April 11, 2004.
ProvenanceAntiquities Dealer, Laguna Beach, California; Vincent Price, Beverly Hills, California; 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.120.
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. 133.
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