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Karl Bodmer(1808-1892)Blackfoot Warrior, Fort McKenzie 7 5/8 x 5 1/8in
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Karl Bodmer (1808-1892)
signed 'Bodmer' (lower left) and titled 'McKinziy' [sic] (upper right)
pencil on paper
7 5/8 x 5 1/8in
Executed in 1833.
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Provenance
W. Graham Arader III, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.
Private collection, San Francisco, California, acquired from the above.
Karl Bodmer joined Alexander Phillip Maximilian (1782-1867), the Prince from the Prussian principality of Weid-Neuwied, in 1832 on a trip through North America. Bodmer was assigned the task of recording a visual history of the land and its people, producing various portraits of the Indians and documenting artifacts of their culture. In the summer of 1833, Maximillian and Bodmer traveled roughly 2,500 river miles north of St. Louis, Missouri, to Fort McKenzie on the Missouri River. During their month long stay they witnessed the annual fur trading rendezvous that brought thousands of Indians, mainly Blackfeet, to the fort. On August 28th, the two observed the fierce battle between the Blackfeet and a party of Assiniboins and Crees. The present work is believed to be the only known rendering completed by an eye witness during the raid, supporting it as the most important Karl Bodmer drawing in private hands.
Accompanying this lot is the etching for which this work was a study. This hand colored etching and aquatint was published in Travels In the Interior of North American in the Years 1832 to 1834, by Ackermann and Company, London, from 1839-1843.
























