Joe Scheuerle and His Remarkable Indian Gallery
Title:
IRON HORSE, SIOUX
Artist:
Scheuerle, Joe (1873-1948)
Medium:
Watercolor/Gouache
Date:
1909
Source:
Nippert Collection of Joseph Scheuerle Portraits, donated by Alfred K., Jr. and Kathye H. Nippert
Object ID:
2016.71.08
Description:
Scheuerle wrote, "Iron Horse - A fine old type - Ogallala [sic] Sioux - At Pine Ridge S.D. 1909 - Veteran of '76 Campaign - He was entirely nude, it was so hot that day. The name of IRON is used much it means 'hard and strong'"
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Painting, Iron Horse Sioux, 2016.71.08 (front)Painting, Iron Horse Sioux, 2016.71.08 (front)
Painting, Iron Horse Sioux, 2016.71.08 (back)Painting, Iron Horse Sioux, 2016.71.08 (back)