An Exceptional Collection of Quanah Parker (1845-1911) Photographs
Sale 1053 - Native American Art: The Lifetime Collection of Forrest Fenn, Part I
Jun 9, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$10,000 -
15,000
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$10,000
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Lot Description
An Exceptional Collection of Quanah Parker (1845-1911) Photographs
group of 19 images: four mounted boudoir cards, nine unmounted boudoir prints, one cabinet card, and five snapshots taken by various photographers including Lenny and Sawyers, Hutchins and Lenny, and Robinson of Anadarko, I.T. Late 1880s-90s.
Includes albumen and silver gelatin photographs of the famed Comanche chief and family includes studio portraits of Parker both in traditional and Western garb, a fine view of him mounted; both interior and exterior views of Star House; several of his wives and children; graves of his and his mother Cynthia Ann Parker.
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