2015 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction / Lot 94
94
Winold Reiss (1886 – 1953)
Two Guns White Calf (#32)
pastel on paper
29.5 × 21.5 inches
signed lower right
VERSO
Titled
“Property of L. W. Hill, Great Northern Railway”
From Blackfeet Indians: “Two Guns—His outstanding personality, combined with rare oratorical talent, secured for him many friends on his extensive travels. With his death in 1934 the United States lost one of its most majestic 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 25, illustrated