Joe Scheuerle and His Remarkable Indian Gallery
Title:
BIG TURKEY, SIOUX
Artist:
Scheuerle, Joe (1873-1948)
Medium:
Watercolor/Gouache
Date:
1907
Source:
Nippert Collection of Joseph Scheuerle Portraits, donated by Alfred K., Jr. and Kathye H. Nippert
Object ID:
2016.71.01
Description:
On the back of this painting the artist wrote "60 years old-big and strong as an ox - his teeth perfect like a steel trap - (I looked at them) Prides himself on his war record - Fort Kearny, Little Big Horn. Today a showman, with Buffalo Bill's Wild West - Painted in the coliseum during '101 Ranch Wild West Show' 1907"
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Painting, Big Turkey Sioux, 2016.71.01 (front)Painting, Big Turkey Sioux, 2016.71.01 (front)
Painting, Big Turkey Sioux, 2016.71.01 (back)Painting, Big Turkey Sioux, 2016.71.01 (back)