TOM BULL, CREE, HOBBEMA

pastel on paper

17.75 x 13.75 in. (45.1 x 34.9 cm)

Price Realized:

24570.00 CAD.

INCLUDES BUYER’S PREMIUM

Notes:

signed; titled verso
Provenance: Estate of Eric Connelly, Calgary

Note: Also known as Good Man (Pahkakino), illustrated plate 46, page 96 “History in Their Blood” (Hugh A. Dempsey, Douglas & McIntyre, 1985) with the caption:

…”Like his father (Chief Muddy Bull), Good Man farmed and provided leadership for his people, particularly through the Indian Association of Alberta. He was one of the most popular and respected men on the four reserves that made up the Hobbema agency.”

Reference: A portrait of this subject (oil on canvas board) can be found in the collection of the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery (Accession #1994 373).