Details
TWO GUNS WHITE CALF (1872-1934). Large photograph signed in pencil with totem signature: two guns and a calf, by Hileman, Kalispell, Montana (signed and blind-stamped on lower-right corner of image), n.d. [circa 1927]. 324 x 250 mm. (12¾ x 10 in.) including margins, slight overall browning, upper right corner chipped, others slightly creased (not affecting image); matted. A profile portrait of Two Guns White Calf, signed on the lower margin. Very rare.
"The quintessential Noble Red Man, Two Guns posed for the portrait on the Buffalo nickel in 1913"--W.M.
"The quintessential Noble Red Man, Two Guns posed for the portrait on the Buffalo nickel in 1913"--W.M.
Provenance
The Cornelius Greenway Collection (sale, Part II, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 4 May 1971, lot 32).