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Bodmer, Karl
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
Pehriska-Ruhpa. Moennitarri Warrior in the Costume of the Dog Danse. Coblenz: J. Hölscher; London: Ackermann; Paris: Arthus Bertrand, [1839–41]
Etching, with aquatint and mezzotint (print: 21 x 15 1/8 in., 532 x 385 mm; sheet: 24 3/8 x 17 7/8 in.; 618 x 457 mm) after Bodmer by René Rollet, vividly colored by hand and heightened with gum arabic (possibly at a later date), first state with the plate number 28 (rather than 23); a few tiny marginal tears or nicks.
Etching, with aquatint and mezzotint (print: 21 x 15 1/8 in., 532 x 385 mm; sheet: 24 3/8 x 17 7/8 in.; 618 x 457 mm) after Bodmer by René Rollet, vividly colored by hand and heightened with gum arabic (possibly at a later date), first state with the plate number 28 (rather than 23); a few tiny marginal tears or nicks.
Literature
Ruud, Karl Bodmer's North American Prints, Tab 23
Catalogue Note
One of the most famous images from Bodmer and Prince Maximilian's Travels in the Interior of North America. Pehriska-Ruhpa, or Two Ravens, was a leader of the Hidatsa Dog Society. He posed for Bodmer at Fort Clark, March 1834.