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Frank B. Mayer (1827 – 1899)
Little Crow Addressing the Council at Traverse des Sioux, July 22, 1851 (1897)
oil on canvas
30 × 48 inches
signed and dated lower left

VERSO
Label, Kennedy Galleries, New York, NY

Sioux Chief Little Crow was effective in negotiating the treaties of Traverse des Sioux and Mendota. In exchange for supplies and annual payments he agreed to move his people to a reservation but when the federal government failed to deliver on its promises, Little Crow led his starving warriors in the failed Dakota War of 1862. He was killed the following year.

249

Frank B. Mayer

1827 – 1899

Little Crow Addressing the Council at Traverse des Sioux, July 22, 1851 (1897)
oil on canvas
30 × 48 inches
signed and dated lower left
Sold at Auction: $8,925
Condition ReportSurface condition is very good. Painting has been lined. Multiple specks of inpainting in sky; lower-left quadrant; around center Indian in foreground; and in center of canvas. Long vertical line (about 5 1/2” x 1/16”) of inpainting in left-center portion.

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