Blackfoot Indians Of Glacier National Park

REISS, WINOLD AND CLAUDE E, SCHAEFFER

Publication: Prepared and published by The Great Northern Railway Company, 1958, St Paul

Second Edition. Pictorial pictorial wrappers that contains 24 color prints 12" x 9" all in fine bright condition and a 12 page stapled printed wrappers that tells the story of the Blackfoot Indians and a brief historical sketch of the Blackfoot Indian Nation. All historical text has been provided by Dr. Claude E. Schaeffer. Winhold Reiss (1886-1953) was a painter, illustrator, and interior designer who emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1913, where he taught art for a time at the Art Students' League. In 1919 he traveled to Montana to paint portraits of members of the Blackfeet nation. Reiss depicted his subjects as they were, without the romanticization that many of his fellow artists at the time were using to depict Native Americans. During the summers from 1927 to 1948, Reiss spent in Glacier National Park studying and drawing members of the Blackfeet, these trips were sponsored by the Great Northern Railway, who acquired the majority of these works, and used them in promotional material. The 24 color prints and the 12-page stapled wrappers are in fine condition. Both are housed in the colorful pictorial envelope which has light wear to the flap-fold and with light wear to the extremities. Overall a near fine, bright set.

Inventory Number: 52277