Antique Western Oil on Canvas Painting Native American “The Captive” 1901 1901

A large American Western, Native American oil on canvas landscape, by Frank Paul Sauerwein (1871-1910), “The Captive”, 1901.

This large oil on canvas depicts a Native American brave captively tied to a tree stump and being viewed by a rival tribe, who are evidently deciding his fate. Behind the collected tribe of elders, braves and children are a pair of conical tipi dwellings, to the background are grazing horses and another group of native people in a tree lined setting. The painting is indistinctly signed lower left, condition is good, the painting is housed in the original frame with a giltwood rabbet, the painting at sight is 40″ x 26″.

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