Sep 21, 2023 - Sale 2645

Sale 2645 - Lot 174

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
CHARLES R. KNIGHT
Sun God—Moon Goddess.

Watercolor and gouache on paperboard, 1937. 370x435 mm; 14 3/8x17 1/4 inches. Signed and dated in watercolor, lower right recto.

Provenance: Private collection, New York.

This work relates to Knight's (1874-1953) mural at the Hayden Planetarium, New York, which was completed in 1935, and illustrated the Blackfoot tribe creation story. The mural was destroyed when the planetarium was demolished and replaced in 2000.