Winning bid: $55,000. portrait of sitting bull, caroline weldon, 1890: oil on canvas painting of lakota sioux leader, sitting bull, by caroline weldon (swiss american, 1844 1921). weldon (nee susanna carolina faesch) reportedly painted four portraits of sitting bull, two of which were presumed to be lost. the other two are in museums. Portrait of sitting bull by caroline weldon, 1890. on march 18, 2023, blackwell auctions sold a painting of one of the most historically important figures of the 19th century, sitting bull, the chief who united the sioux to defeat gen. george armstrong custer at little big horn in 1876. the portrait was one of four known to have been painted of.
Oil on canvas painting of lakota sioux leader, sitting bull, by caroline weldon (swiss american, 1844 1921). weldon (nee susanna carolina faesch) reportedly painted four portraits of sitting bull, two of which were presumed to be lost. the other two are in museums. (one of these is a very similar portrait though not nearly as well painted. Oil on canvas painting of lakota sioux leader, sitting bull, by caroline weldon (swiss american, 1844 1921). weldon (nee susanna lot 0100, mar 18, 2023. Oil on canvas painting of lakota sioux leader, sitting bull, by caroline weldon (swiss american, 1844 1921). weldon (nee susanna carolina faesch) reportedly painted four portraits of sitting bull, two of which were presumed to be lost. the other two are in museums. (one of these is a very similar portrait though not nearly as well painted. The rare portrait of lakota leader sitting bull (1831 1890) that was up for sale at blackwell auctions sold for $67,100 on march 18 to a private purchaser from the northeastern united states. the portrait was one of four paintings of sitting bull created by new york artist and activist caroline weldon, and is thought to be the only one that was.
Oil on canvas painting of lakota sioux leader, sitting bull, by caroline weldon (swiss american, 1844 1921). weldon (nee susanna carolina faesch) reportedly painted four portraits of sitting bull, two of which were presumed to be lost. the other two are in museums. (one of these is a very similar portrait though not nearly as well painted. The rare portrait of lakota leader sitting bull (1831 1890) that was up for sale at blackwell auctions sold for $67,100 on march 18 to a private purchaser from the northeastern united states. the portrait was one of four paintings of sitting bull created by new york artist and activist caroline weldon, and is thought to be the only one that was. Leading the sale was a portrait of the lakota sioux leader thathánka Íyotake, better known as sitting bull (1831 1890), painted by swiss american artist and activist caroline weldon (1844 1921). this was one of four portraits that weldon made of sitting bull; two are in public museum collections, and two were presumed to be lost. A portrait of sitting bull, the lakota sioux leader and oakley’s colleague from wild west, is another notable item in the sale (lot #100; estimate: $40,000 – $80,000). this oil on canvas was completed by caroline weldon. a swiss american artist and activist, weldon was sitting bull’s personal secretary and confidante during the late 1880s.
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