The Arrest and Death of Sitting Bull
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.Here, artist and former Dakota Indian policeman Thomas Stone Man uses the traditional visual language of pictographs to record the death of the great Lakota chief Sitting Bull. Although Stone Man was present at the tragic event, nearly thirty years passed before he created this work. Like ledger artists before him, he relived a dramatic experience through his drawing. Explanatory captions by the artist, including names of fellow policemen, amplify the work’s stark imagery.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Arrest and Death of Sitting Bull
- Artist: Thomas Stone Man, Thunkán Wicˆáša (Native American, Yanktonai, North or South Dakota, active early 20th century)
- Date: ca. 1920
- Geography: United States, North or South Dakota
- Culture: Yanktonai
- Medium: Ink on muslin
- Dimensions: 30 1/2 × 43 in. (77.5 × 109.2 cm)
- Classifications: Textiles, Drawings
- Credit Line: Anderson O’Brien Fine Art, Omaha
- Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing