after Henry Cross (1837-1918), Portrait of a Chief

Oil on board, signed at lower right "B. Maff" and inscribed in upper left "Rain-in-the-Face / Sioux," presented in a vintage gilt frame with linen liner.

SS 15.5 x 11.5 in.; DOA 23.25 x 19 in.

The 50 year collection of the late Drs. Arnold & Helene Gerall of New Orleans, LA & Chapel Hill, NC Purchased at Neal Auction, New Orleans, LA (1997) Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, NY

Retaining an old hand-written letter on the verso stating that this Sioux chief led 1,000 Cheyenne braves at the Battle of Little Big Horn.

$300 - 500