Featured in this lot is this framed, Winold Reiss Blackfeet Native American print circa 1940-50s. Winold Reiss was born in Germany in 1886. Following in the footsteps of his father, Winold became an artist, studying art in Munich. In 1913, Winold came to the United States with a Romantic Idealism of Native Americans and the vast Western Frontier. 1919 found Winold Reiss in Montana where he befriended Natives in the Blackfoot tribe. He made pastel portrait drawings of many of the Blackfeet he had met. Reiss was able to capture individual traits as well as a high degree of human dignity; his portraits were sensitive and sympathetic depictions. Sometime after 1924, Reiss was commissioned by the Great Northern Railway to paint a series of portraits of Native Americans for a series of calendars. Mr. Reiss enjoyed a long partnership with the railroad, travelling many times to Glacier Park. His works for the railway documented a people in transition and cultivated respect for the Natives. When he died in 1953, the Blackfeet spread his ashes along the Eastern edge of Glacier National Park. The print shows a young boy in traditional dress holding a traditional dance wand/ shaker. He wears two feathers on his head and has his hair in two braids. The piece is set in a beautifully carved wood frame showing geometric and floral designs throughout. The artwork shows good condition overall with wear present from its age and use over the years and staining present. The frame shows wear from its age and use over the years as well. The visible art measures 16 7/16" L x 9 1/2" W, while the entire piece measures 21 5/8" L x 14 9/16" W x 1 1/2" D. It weighs 3 pounds and 14 ounces.