For your consideration is this Winold Reiss Great Northern Railroad framed calendar topper of Blackfeet Tribe member, Clears Up circa 1932. F. Winold Reiss was a German-born American artist and graphic designer. In 1920 he went West for the first time, working for months on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana, painting 36 portraits of tribal members. Over the years Reiss painted more than 250 works depicting Native Americans. Similar paintings by Reiss became known more widely beginning in the 1920 and to the 1950s, when the Great Northern Railway commissioned Reiss to do paintings of the Blackfeet which were then distributed widely as lithographed reproductions on Great Northern calendars. This shows Clears Up sitting crisscross on the ground wearing a colorful shirt, a bone necklace and a feather in his braided hair. The bottom reads, Original Portrait by Winold Reiss, New York / Clears UP - Blackfeet Brave - Glacier National Park / ?Great Northern RY. St. Paul, U.S.A.". The back of the frame gives an extensive write up on the life and personality of Blackfeet member Clears Up. The piece is set in a light colored wood frame. Both the art and frame show good condition overall with slight wear from its age and use over the years. No signs of obvious damage is noted. The visible art measures 18 1/8" L x 11 9/16" W. The entire piece measures 19 5/8" L x 13 1/8" W x 1" D and weighs 2 pounds.

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