Drawing - Unhorsing a Ute

Date1890-1893

DimensionsOverall: 7 1/2 × 12 1/4 in. (19.1 × 31.1 cm)

Object numberT0386

Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw

Photograph by Richard Walker

Label TextIn this battle scene, a Kiowa warrior pursues two Ute enemies, one on a red horse and the other on a blue horse. His lance strikes one of them in the chest, likely a mortal blow. The Kiowa’s sky-blue pants might be army issue since some Kiowa warriors captured army clothing in battle and wore them with their traditional clothing to symbolize military prowess. The written inscription underneath this particular warrior, which identifies him as Cheyenne, is incorrect. Non-Natives often wrote inscriptions on drawings at a later date in the attempt to describe the imagery.
Exhibition History"American Treasures from the Fenimore Art Museum," Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL, February 20, 2004 - April 11, 2004.
ProvenanceJulian Scott; Malcolm Grimmer, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyMcCoy, Ronald. Kiowa Memories. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Morning Star Gallery, 1987, p.29, pl.16.

Morning 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.124.

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. 127.

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