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Lot 104: George Winter (1810-1876)

Est: $40,000 USD - $60,000 USD
Christie'sNew York, NY, USDecember 01, 2005

Item Overview

Description

Seven Potawatomi Natives
signed and inscribed 'Pottawattami Indians of the Wabush/Sketched and painted from life/in the years-1837. 1843-1850. by George Winter. (lower left)
oil on canvas laid down on masonite
28 x 24 in. (71.1 x 61 cm.)

Artist or Maker

Literature

Indiana Historical Society, The Journals and Indian Paintings of George Winter 1837-1839, Chicago, Illinois, 1948.
S. Cooke et al., Indians and a Changing Frontier -- The Art of George Winter, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1993.

Provenance

The artist.
By descent to his great grandson, Cable Gordon Ball, Indiana.
By bequest to his wife, Evelyn O. Ball.

Auction Details

American Paintings

by
Christie's
December 01, 2005, 12:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US