Sitting Bull was born around 1831 near the Grand River in South Dakota. His first encounter with American soldiers occured in June of 1863, when the Army mounted a campaign in retaliation for the Santee Rebellion. A year later his tribe met the US Troops at the "Battle of Killdeer Mountain". The Army left the Sioux badly beaten, mainly because of the use of artillary.
Sitting Bull became a Hunkpapa Lakota Chief shortly after Killdeer Mountain. When gold was discovered in 1876 in the Black Hills, the Army tried to drive the Sioux from their ancestral home. Sitting Bull, and other chiefs took up arms against the whites and refused to be transported to a reservation in "Indian Territory".
On June 25, 1876, General Custer and the 7th Calvary attacked Sitting Bull's camp on the Little Bighorn River. Sitting Bull's 3000 warriors quickly overwhwlmed and destroyed Custer's force.
This pencil drawing was created in January of 2005. The size of the original is 15X20 and is drawn on 140# archival paper.
The piece is framed in hammered bronze, double matted in deep red and gold, covered in non-glare glass, and backed with foam-core. The framed size is 25X20.
This piece Sold in April of 2006
Archival Quality Prints Sitting Bull, signed by the artist, are for sale through the Stonewall Gallery in Loudonville.
The art is also available on-line.
The prints for this piece are 16 inches X 20 inches and are priced at $65
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