12 1900 era Northern Pacific Railroad Sioux Indian Prints Burbank Pine Ridge SD
12 1900 era lithographs on nice stock paper.
A rather difficult print set to find. I have been dealing in railroad, paper, and prints for 40 years and have only once before had the occasion to obtain one of these sets.
These will look outstanding individually framed in a collage of pictures on the wall.
Dimensions: 11" by 8"
Condition: Very nice, with some light wrinkles and minor edge wear on some of the white borders, Chief Joseph Nez Perces has some stains upper right border area only, small tear right edge border. colored print areas all show very clean and nice, with only a couple showing some small creases, but they really don't show unless looking up close in bright light.
Most of of these images are Sioux Indians, and have by E.A. Burbank, Pine Ridge South Dakota, printed in the image.
A couple of images say E.A Burbank Nez Pierce Wash
Gorgeous coloring.
All of these have a small Northern pacific Yellowstone Park line decal affixed to the front.
I had another set of these many years ago, and it was the same format, with the decal attached to the print,
the Railroad must have put the decals on, using them as a promotional tool. In 1910, the Editor of The Harvard Independent noted: “No other artist in the country has enjoyed the opportunities experienced by Mr. E. A. Burbank, now a resident of Los Angeles - the painter of Indian portraits, to meet face to face, and on their own ground, the once noted Indian chiefs America now so rapidly passing away. For the last twenty years Mr. Burbank has journeyed from camp to camp among the aborigines of the northwest and southwest, painting successively all the great warriors whose prowess has made their names famous in frontier history. It is, therefore, with considerable pride that The Graphic calls attention to a series of articles from Mr. Burbank's pen, describing his personal interviews with these once-powerful war chiefs, and illustrated by portraits from life, re-drawn in pencil especially for the Graphic, from his original studies. First in this notable galaxy was a picture and story of Red Cloud, the famous Ogallalla (sic) Sioux, recently deceased. Geronimo, the noted Apache chief who preceded Red Cloud the happy hunting grounds by a few months, followed." Burbank arranged for two periods of extended study in Munich Germany, with notable artists. In 1886-87 he studied with Paul Navin and Frederick Fehr. He returned a couple of years later, when he studied from 1889 to 1890 with Toby Rosenthal. He also traveled to Oberammergau Germany; Cardiff, Wales; and Fort Sill Oklahoma.
Biography of Elbridge Ayer Burbank from Wikipedia:
Burbank was the only artist to paint Geronimo from life. He painted or sketched more than 1,200 Native Americans from 125 tribes. Over a period of several years, he spent many months at the Hubbell Trading Post where he studied and painted Native Americans.Burbank Oklahoma is named after him.
In 1898, Burbank became friends with Chief Blue Horse when he was visiting the Oglala Lakota at Pine Ridge Agency. .Burbank painted sitting portraits of the greatest Native American leaders, including Geronimo, Red Cloud and Chief Joseph.