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Lot 37

Don Baker
(born 1946)
Southern Cheyenne Chief 20in high

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8 February 2019, 12:00 PST
Los Angeles

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Don Baker (born 1946)

Southern Cheyenne Chief
inscribed '16/40 DON BAKER © / POLYCHROME ANN BAKER' (on the base)
bronze with polychrome patina
20in high
Modeled in 1987.

Footnotes

Provenance
The artist.
Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1987.

Literature
S.H. McGarry, Honoring The Western Tradition: The L.D. "Brink" Brinkman Collection, Kerrville, Texas, 2003, p. 180, illustrated.

The present work was completed as a collaborative effort between husband and wife team Don and Ann Baker. The artist modeled the bronze sculpture and his wife executed the polychrome patina applied to its surface. Upon completion of the edition the artist's wife provided L.D. Brinkman the following description of Southern Cheyenne Chief:

"This piece depicts a head chief of the Southern Cheyenne tribe in the period of about 1880 . . . The model for this piece is a full-blooded 6'6" tall Southern Cheyenne named Jerome Bushyhead from El Reno, Oklahoma, who is a friend."1

1 Ann Baker, unpublished letter.

Saleroom notices

Please note the work's medium has been updated to 'bronze with polychrome patina'.

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