The Collection of Mort and Millie Goldsholl - Treadway Gallery

612. Henry Françios Farny, (French/American, 1847-1916) "Untitled," 1907,gouache, 7.5" x 4.5," signed and dated lower right, framed 65,000-85,000"The dominant quality of the Farny Indian is absolute realism.""Although he repeatedly used his studio artifacts in several paintings, Farny'sdepiction of the Indian was historically quite accurate. Many of the Indianobjects in his painting can be identified by tribe. Farny sometimes dressedhis models in a style of the 1860s or 1870s, and the artist often portrayed hisIndians in a mixture of Indian-made clothing, trade goods, and white man'sgear, as would have been accurate for his period. Generally, his Indians carryrifles, and the new repeating rifles at that, rather than the more romantic bowand arrow of legend, and they usually ride in the white man's bridle and saddleand are rarely seen bareback using a thong." (Denny Carter, Henry Farny,New York, 1978)127 www.treadwaygallery.com