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Lot 134 Dα

Julius Seyler - Blackfoot Indians on Horseback

Auction 1083 - overview Cologne
15.03.2017, 14:30 - Paintings 15th - 19th Century
Estimate: 500 € - 800 €
Result: 620 € (incl. premium)
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Julius Seyler

Blackfoot Indians on Horseback

Oil on card. 32.5 x 47.5 cm.
Signed lower right: J. Seyler.

Julius Seyler lived in Balsam Lake, Wisconsin with his American wife from 1914 to 1921. He managed a farm there and got to know the neighbouring Blackfeet tribe of Montana. Their culture and history became an important motif in his oeuvre. For more of these works, see the exhibition catalogue: Farben. Kunst. Indianer. Der Münchner Impressionist Julius Seyler bei den Blackfeet (Munich, Museum Fünf Kontinente, Staatliche Museen in Bayern, 13.11.2015-3.4.2016).

Provenance

Auctioned by Carl F. Schlüter, Hamburg, 17.11.1990. – Private collection, Switzerland.