Roy Andersen

1930-2019

Sweet Medicine Chief

MEDIUM: Oil on canvas

DIMENSIONS: 48 x 30 inches

Signed/CA and dated 1989 lower right

SOLD FOR: $23,400.00

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Additional Information

Exhibited:
Phippen Museum, Prescott, AZ
Cowboy Artists of America Museum, Kerrville, TX

Provenance:
Cowboy Artists of America Museum, Kerrville, TX
O’Brien’s Emporium, Scottsdale, AZ

Literature:
Dream Spinner: The Art of Roy Andersen, Jan Adkins, Settlers West Galleries, Tucson, Arizona, 2000: 113.

Sweet Medicine Chief appears in the book Dream Spinner: The Art of Roy Andersen, in which the artist describes the piece: “Little Wolf held the title of Sweet Medicine Chief, named for one of the great Cheyenne folk heroes. A great leader, Little Wolf took his people from their stark reservation in the south back to their northern homeland in one of the most bittersweet struggles of the West.”

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