{"product_id":"artist-unknown-three-fingers-cheyenne","title":"Artist unknown, Three Fingers, Cheyenne","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003eArtist unknown\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003eThree Fingers, Cheyenne\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003eWatercolor on paper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003ec. 1895-1915\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003ePaper size: 10 1\/2 x 8 1\/4 in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis evocative watercolor portrait depicts Three Fingers, a Cheyenne, rendered in the tradition of nineteenth-century American Indian portraiture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn 1917, he traveled with a Cheyenne and Arapaho delegation to Washington, D.C., where they were received by President Woodrow Wilson; Three Fingers presented the president with a tobacco pouch.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe delegation was involved in legal efforts related to the Black Hills claim, hiring attorney Victor J. Evans while in Washington\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eShown from the waist up against a plain, softly toned ground, he wears his long, dark hair in two braids secured with decorative bands, with a striking red feather extending from the side of his head. His attire includes a pale green garment beneath a deep blue-purple robe, while a small gold-colored ornament at his throat adds a subtle note of detail. His composed expression and upward gaze lend the portrait a quiet dignity, while the delicate application of watercolor and pigment captures the distinctive colors and textures of his clothing and adornments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe work belongs to the tradition of documentary portraiture that sought to record the appearance, dress, and identity of Native American individuals during a period of profound change across the American West. Such portraits served both as records of individual sitters and as visual documents of the diverse Indigenous nations of North America. Its restrained palette, intimate scale, and careful attention to personal adornment give the portrait both ethnographic interest and the appeal of a sensitive, individual likeness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arader Galleries","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43867635843133,"sku":null,"price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1208\/8894\/files\/ThreeFingersCheyenne.jpg?v=1792614301","url":"https:\/\/aradergalleries.com\/products\/artist-unknown-three-fingers-cheyenne","provider":"Arader Galleries","version":"1.0","type":"link"}