Lot 396

Herman Heyn Oglala Sioux Photographs,1899

Estimate: $300 - $600

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Offered in this lot are colored lithographs of three Herman Heyn photographs, 3-section frame: "Shot in the Eye Chief, Sioux", also called White Mountain, 1899, Oglala Sioux most likely wounded in battle rather than by accident, fought at the Battle of the Little Big Horn and the Battle of Greasy Grass, member of “Colonel Cummins’ Wild West, Indian Congress and Rough Riders of the World” by- Frederick T. Cummins. The show created a special presentation of the “Custer Massacre at Little Bighorn”; "Little Wound, Wife and Son Ogalalla", 1899, studio portrait (standing and sitting) of Little Wound, a Native American (Oglala Sioux) man and his family. Little Wound holds a feather and wears beaded moccasins, fringed leggings and shirt, a medal, and feathers in his hair. His wife wears a hair pipe necklace and a dress decorated with teeth. His son wears a beaded vest, a shirt, and has a blanket wrapped around his waist; and "James Lone Elk Crow", 1899, Oglala Sioux, nephew of Old American Horse an Oglala Lakota chief, statesman, educator and historian. American Horse is notable in American history as a U.S. Army Indian Scout and a progressive Oglala Lakota leader who promoted friendly associations with whites and education for his people. Herman Heyn (1866-1949) was an important portrait photographer in Omaha, Nebraska, from the 1880s through the 1920s. He is nationally noted for more than 500 images he created of Native Americans, mostly Sioux, in 1898 - 1899, and particularly portraits of people at the Indian Congress of 1898 in Omaha, Nebraska. The Indian Congress, part of the Trans-Mississippi International Exposition (World's Fair), drew more than 500 participants representing 35 tribes. With $45,000 in federal funding, it was in part intended to showcase what was considered by some a fading culture. And so evolved the idea of a project taking portraits at a modern-day pow wow - because after 100 years the culture has not ''faded away'' - and to record that moment in history with the same casual dignity that is found in Heyn's earlier portraits. The coloring was most likely hand-colored to the original photograph as was done to many of Heyn's photographs, though it is unknown if Herman or his older brother George did the coloring. The lithograph has "Published by Burkley Printing Co. Omaha" on the lower left bottom, "Copyright 1899 Heyn Photo" on the lower right bottom edge. These wood framed litho photographs are in good overall preserved condition; spotting, possibly foxing, is noted; no other obvious marring noted. Slight scuffing noted to the frame edges, no other obvious marring noted. Visible art measures 18.35"L x 7.5"W, frame is 19.75"L x 9"W x .75"D approximately.*

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