Cassilly Adamsnative Americans Hunting Two Drawings.
Portland, Crna Gora
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Height
20.32 cm
Width
25.4 cm
Depth
0.01 cm
Wear conditions
Good
This item has been confirmed as being signed by artist by the seller. Please reach out to the seller for more information.
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Good
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Description
Adams, Cassilly (American 1843-1921). NATIVE AMERICANS HUNTING -
TWO DRAWINGS. Charcoal and watercolor, not dated. One signed
within the matrix of the drawing, lower right. Each about 7 x 10
inches. Both with a tack hole top and and bottom, center, and
with residue from an old mount, verso. One wih a 1/2 x 1/2 inch
loss at the top right corner. The images fresh. One shows two
hunters with grass head-dress disguises, crouched behind low
grasses,each with a rifle, a killed deer between them, and a herd
moving across the field on the far side of the grasses. The other
depicts two hunters wearing animal-skin disguises, each with a
rifle, crouched behind grasses, beyond which a small herd of
bison grazes. The Pair: $1750.00
The following is from American Western Art by Dorothy Harmsen:
Cassilly Adams painted many western scenes. But he is best
remembered for his epic work, Custer's Last Fight, which he
completed in 1885. His rendering of that famous battle at the Big
Horn River in Montana eventually was obtained by the Anheuser-
Busch Brewing Company, which made thousands of reproductions for
advertising and promotional purposes. Lithographs hung in taverns
across the nation. "
( The lithograph can even be seen in the movie, "The
Gunfighter"1950, starring Gregory Peck. The large painting on the
wall behind Gregory Peck's chair in a bar room scene is "Custer's
Last Fight". )
"Anheuser-Busch then produced a lithographic print of the
painting and in 1896 gave prints to their distributors, bars, and
other outlets. Through its display, it became widely known to
diverse audiences.
Born in Zanesville, Ohio, Adams was the son of William Apthorp
Adams, a lawyer who traced his ancestry back to the John Adams
family of Boston. The elder Adams was an amateur artist. At an
early age, young Adams was interested in art.
He studied at the Boston Academy of Arts, under Thomas S. Noble,
and later at the Cincinnati Art School. He served in the army
during the Civil War and was wounded while aboard the U.S.S.
Osage at the Battle of Vicksburg. Late in the 1870s, Adams moved
to St. Louis where he found work as an artist and engraver.
Custer"s Last Fight took one year to complete. As models he used
actual Sioux Indians in battle dress and cavalrymen in uniforms
of the period. The painting, which measured approx. 9 1/2 feet by
16 1/2 feet, was produced for two members of the St. Louis Arts
Club, who exhibited the historical canvas around the country,
charging s fifty-cent admission fee. The two promoters did not
realize the profit they wanted from the venture, so they sold the
painting to a St. Louis saloonkeeper who hung it in his barroom.
When the saloon went bankrupt, the painting was acquired by one
of the creditors- Anheuser-Busch Company. At the time it was
valued at $10,000. The brewery gave the painting to the 7th
Cavalry, and it was destroyed in a fire at Fort Bliss, Texas in
1946.
Adams is a relatively unknown artist, a victim of circumstance.
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Most of his illustrations were done for book publishers who did
not credit him with the work. Therefore, many of his
illustrations were borrowed for other books and were not
attributed to him. Actually, he painted many scenes of frontier
life, and it is known that he illustrated Conquering the
Wilderness by Frank Triplett, published in 1883.
Adams died at Trader's Point near Indianapolis, Indiana in 1921."
Condition report:
Excellent
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