Chief Blackbird, Ogalalla Sioux

Artist:Adolph Alexander Weinman

Medium: Bronze

Dates:modeled 1903, cast 1907

Dimensions: 16 3/8 x 12 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (41.6 x 31.8 x 29.2 cm) 43.5 lb. (19.73kg)

Collections:

• American Art

Exhibitions:

• The American Renaissance: 1876-1917
• American Identities: A New Look
• Jeffrey Gibson: When Fire Is Applied to a Stone It Cracks

Accession Number: 15.512

Image: 15.512_front_PS6.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Bust portrait of Native American chief, facing frontally, wears elaborate feathered headdress and shirt with beaded or quilled bib; loose modeling. Condition: Good; powdery substance in crevices.

Brooklyn Museum