Battle of Little Big Horn, Gen. Custer's Dismounted Troopers, Amos Bad Heart Buffalo, Sioux Indian Painting, Part II, Plate XVI
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Battle of Little Big Horn, Gen. Custer's Dismounted Troopers, Amos Bad Heart Buffalo, Sioux Indian Painting, Part II, Plate XVIEntry/Object ID
575/13136B-16Scope and Content
Battle of Little Big Horn, Gen. Custer's Dismounted Troopers, Amos Bad Heart Buffalo, Sioux Indian Painting, Part II, Plate XVI. Drawing. An uncolored pen and ink drawing, representing General Custer's troopers dismounted receiving the attack of overwhelming numbers of Indians. Many of the latter also are advancing on foot, leaving their mounts behind them. The soldiers are firing from a kneeling position. The dust and confusion of the conflict are interestingly indicated by the varying emphasis upon the figures, giving to the composition an impression of depth in spite of its lack of true perspective. Portfolio of Sioux Indian Painting, Part 2, The Art of Amos Bad Heart Buffalo, published by C. Szwedzicki, Nice, France, 1938. Limited Edition (400). No. 339. Introduction and notes by Hartley Burr Alexander. Signed by C. Szwedzicki & V. Grespin. Amos Bad Heart Buffalo is considered the most notable northern Indian artist whose work is known. He is the son of an Oglala warrior who fought in the Battle of Little Big Horn, along with his brother, He Dog. They are often subjects of Amos's work, Amos was born in 1869 and died in 1913. The prints are enlargements of Amos's orginial drawings. Cover: "Going to the Warriors's Dance" Part. 1 contains Plates I-XXV. Painters of Part 1 are Sioux, Mandan, Shoshone, and Kiowa. On cover of Portfolio--Sioux Warriors on horseback, by Kills Two (Nupa Kie), Oglala Sioux.Collection
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Sioux Art, Oglala Sioux Art, Battle of Little Big Horn, Native American, Native American Art, Sioux, Oglala Sioux, Custer, GeorgeLegacy Lexicon
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Oceti Sakowin
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