2015 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction / Lot 61183 / 290  •  View Catalog  •   • 

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Winold Reiss (1886 – 1953)
Mike Short Man (#19)
pastel on paper
29.5 × 21.25 inches
signed lower left

VERSOS
Titled
“Property of L. W. Hill, Great Northern Railway”

From Blackfeet Indians: “Short Man - an expert in the Indian sign language. He won highest honors in a competition given by the late General Hugh L. Scott, who was an authority on the sign language of the plains Indians.”

PROVENANCE
The Artist
Louis W. Hill, Pres., Great Northern Railway
Property from a Private Collection

LITERATURE
Frank B. Linderman, Blackfeet Indians (St. Paul, MN: Great Northern Railway, 1935), page 24, illustrated

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Winold Reiss

1886 – 1953

Mike Short Man (#19)
pastel on paper
29.5 × 21.25 inches
signed lower left
Sold at Auction: $18,720