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Lot 111
Sale 6485 - Native American Art
Apr 10, 2026
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$1,000 -
2,000
Price Realized
$832
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Lot Description
Photographs of Comanche Subjects by Gardner and Jackson, including Chief Cheevers and his wife, and Buffalo Hump
lot of 4, includes:
three albumen photographs, approx. 6 3/8 x 4 in. or smaller, on later cardstock mounts, each uncredited but originally taken by Alexander Gardner (1821-1882) in Washington, DC, ca 1872. Includes: Comanche Chief Cheevers, or "He Goat," numbered in pencil at lower left "142." -- Two portraits of the wife of Cheevers, numbered in pencil at lower left "143" and "144." Provenance: Ex Derumaux Collection, Paris, France; Ex Walter Banko, Montreal, Quebec.
albumen photograph of the Son of Buffalo Hump, with "Comanche" written in the negative, 7 3/8 x 5 in., on cardstock mount. Applied paper label on verso identifying the subject as "Buffalo Hump," with manuscript credit to William Henry Jackson (1843-1942).
The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography
This lot is located in Chicago.