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LOT 250
b. 1949
MEDIUM: Bronze cast 17/35 and Lithograph
DIMENSIONS: Two pieces (2): 34 1/2 inches overall height; 14 x 11 inches
Signed/CA, titled and dated 04 in bronze
SHIPPING DIMENSIONS: 34.5 x 18 x 9.5 inches - 80 lbs.
SOLD FOR: $43,875.00
Including Buyers Premium
Literature
Past | Present | Future. Scottsdale's Museum of the West, Scottsdale, Arizona, 2017. p. 42
The Art of John Coleman: Spirit Lives Legends, John Coleman, SF Design / Fresco Books, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2024: p. 115
Provenance: Private collection, Arizona
Addih-Hiddisch is the first piece in Coleman’s Bodmer/Catlin Series and is a full figure of Addih-Hiddisch, Hidatsa Chief as painted by Karl Bodmer. After many visits to the cabin of Maximilian and Bodmer at Fort Clark during the winter of 1833, Bodmer painted and wrote of his subject that he was a great warrior and chief and the geometric patterns on his body were tattoos, not paint. He wore a Euro-American hat, carried a trade tomahawk with a scalp lock attached and a peace medal around his neck.
Addih-Hiddisch was also called “Maker of Roads” and was a member of the Hidatsa tribe. They were also known as Minnetaree, which are part of the Siouan people. A member of the tribal council and keeper of the great medicine bundle, he was still remembered 100 years later by his tribe as someone who was an outstanding leader.
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Please note that the first unframed photo is most accurate for color. Framed photographs are to show the frame and are not color corrected to the painting.
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