Apr 16, 2019 - Sale 2505

Sale 2505 - Lot 9

Price Realized: $ 2,080
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Wilson, J.J.; artist. Group of 7 early watercolor interpretations of classic Catlin illustrations. Watercolors on paper, various sizes, about 18 x 22 inches to sight or larger, three signed in image; moderate wear and minor foxing. Not examined out of matching modern frames. Np, late 19th century?

Additional Details

A group of 7 primitive watercolor interpretations of George Catlin's famous Indian paintings. We have not been able to trace any information about the artist. Included are Chardon's Leap Sudatory [steam hut] Looking at the Sun Cemetery of the Mandan Medicine Lodge Green Corn Dance Sham Fight. Provenance: Said to have been acquired from dealers Rockwell & Avis Gardiner of Stamford, CT in the 1980s; San Francisco dealers Carlson & Stevenson to the consignor.