Art of the Americas, Featuring the American West
Art of the Americas, Featuring the American West
Property from the Collection of Michael and Joan Schneeweiss, Sold to Benefit The Jewish Museum
Wakechai (Crouching Eagle) A Sauk Chief
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January 24, 05:00 PM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 USD
Bid
130,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Michael and Joan Schneeweiss, Sold to Benefit The Jewish Museum
Charles Bird King
1785 - 1862
Wakechai (Crouching Eagle) A Sauk Chief
oil on panel
17 ½ by 13 ¾ in.
44.5 by 34.9 cm.
Executed in 1824.
The Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport (acquired by bequest directly from the estate of the artist)
Parke Bernet, New York, 21 May 1970, lot 11 (consigned by the above)
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York (acquired from the above)
Private Collection
Sotheby’s, New York, 25 May 1988, lot 87 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection (acquired at the above sale)
Acquired from the above by 1988 by the present owner
Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall, History of the Indian Tribes of North America, vol. II, Edinburgh, 1933, p. 411
James D. Horan, The McKenney-Hall Portrait Gallery of American Indians, New York, 1972, pp. 176-77
Herman J. Viola, The Indian Legacy of Charles Bird King, Washington, D.C., 1976, pp. 77 and 94-95, illustrated in color
Andrew F. Cosentino, The Paintings of Charles Bird King (1785 - 1862), Washington, D.C., 1977, fig. 54, no. 472, pp. 69-70 and 185, illustrated
Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, The American Indian Visitors to Washington, January - February 1973, n.p.
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