Art of the Americas, Featuring the American West

Art of the Americas, Featuring the American West

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Property from the Collection of Michael and Joan Schneeweiss, Sold to Benefit The Jewish Museum

Charles Bird King

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.