Red Walker Fleeing from Crow Indians, by Kills Two Sioux Indian Painting, Plate IV

Name/Title

Red Walker Fleeing from Crow Indians, by Kills Two Sioux Indian Painting, Plate IV

Entry/Object ID

575/13136A-04

Scope and Content

Red Walker Fleeing from Crow Indians, by Kills Two Sioux Indian Painting, Plate IV. Red Walker and his companion fleeing pursuing Crow Indians. Red Walker has his leg broken by a bullet and his horse is wounded. The lance of his companion is made from a bayonet secured from United States soldiers, probably by capture. Painting on canvas by Kills Two (Nupa Kie), Oglala Sioux. (Collection of H. B. Alexander) Portfolio of Sioux Indian Painting, Paintings of the Sioux and Other Tribes of the Great Plains, Part I, published by C. Szwedzicki, Nice, France, 1938. Limited Edition. No. 361. Introduction and notes by Hartley Burr Alexander, a noted collector. 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. Part. 2 contains an addition 25 Plates I-XXV different than Part 1.

Collection

W. Webb Wheeler

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Art

Search Terms

Oglala Sioux Art, Red Walker, Native American, Native American Art, Sioux, Plains Tribes, Crow Indians, Oceti Sakowin

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Print, Art

Ethnography

Notes

The word, Sioux, is referenced. Sioux is considered a slur word according to the Oceti Sakowin peoples.

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

May 23, 2011

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Red Walker

Person or Organization

Kills Two