Group of Twenty-One Photographs of Native Americans By Frank A. Rinehart

platinum prints, including images of Little Chief, Touch the Cloud, Six Toes, Cloud Man, Four Bull and Kicking Horse Charley.

Property of a Swiss Collector
Acquired from Christie's New York, June 2004, lots 130-131

A detailed report for each photograph is beyond the scope of this condition report; those wishing condition reports on individual specific prints are welcome to contact the department directly. The strength and richness of the tonality of the individual prints varies from fair to generally very good. Some of the prints have yellowed with age, particularly in the highlights or at the image periphery. Handling issues, occasional deposits of original retouching, faint soiling, and minor edge wear are apparent on many of the prints. The heavy grey mounts are generally clean, with age-appropriate wear at the edges. Small typed labels are affixed in the lower right corner of many of the mounts. The lower right mount corner of 'White Swan – Crows' (no. 814) is creased and partially detached. List of Sitters: Chief Mountain (Big Brave) – Blackfeet Bony Tela / Hattie Tom – Apaches Ghost Dance – Cheyennes & Arapahoes Two Little Crows The Man – Assinniboine Louison – Flatheads Mary Richards (Lidan) – Tonkawa Kicking Horse Charley – Flathead (Selish) White Swan – Crows Cloud Man – (Assinaboines) Little Chief – Arapahoes John Williams – Tonkawa Four Bull – Assinaboines Touch the Cloud – Cheyennes Casimiro – Santa Clara, Pueblo Eneas Michel – Flatheads Spies on the Enemy – Crow Six Toes – Kiowa John Maskwas – Pottawatomie San Carlos Apaches Two Little Braves – Sac & Fox
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