May 16 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2669 -

Sale 2669 - Lot 13

Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
LAYTON A. HUFFMAN (1879-1931)
Mrs. Bad Gun, Cheyenne Sqaw * Scorched Lightning (Assiniboine), member of the Sioux nation. Together, 2 photographs. Silver prints, the images measuring 5½x3⅞ inches (14x9.8 cm.), each with Huffman's credit, location Miles, Montana, and inventory number in the negative, and the partial title in pencil in an unknown hand on verso. Circa 1890s; printed circa 1910

WITH--Christian Barthelmess (1854-1906), Young Cheyenne in War Costume, view of young Medicine Bear and unidentified man seated in front of studio backdrop. Silver print, the image measuring 8x6 inches (20.3x15.2 cm.), with Huffman's credit and inventory number in the negative, and Barthelmess' credit in pencil in an unknown hand on verso. 1890; printed circa 1910

Provenance: Sotheby's New York, Sale 4175, lot 64, 1978; to the Present Owner