Lot 104
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TWO COLOR REPRODUCTIONS IN PAINTED WOOD FRAMES

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TWO COLOR REPRODUCTIONS IN PAINTED WOOD FRAMES
AFTER WINOLD REISS, THE FRAMES BY THOMAS MOLESWORTH, CIRCA 1935-1937

One depicting three ceremonial Indians, in a molded rectangular frame painted and carved with arrows and stylized flowers, the other depicting an Indian mother, child and grandmother, the frame carved with arrowheads and whirling log motif--each 16½ x 13¾in. (42 x 35cm.) (2)

Lot Essay

Winold Reiss, one of the first proponents of the Modernist movement in America, created the magazine The Modern Art Collector, the first of its type in the country, in 1915. He was an artist by profession and developed a reputation for his painterly depictions of Native Americans, particularly the Blackfoot tribe.