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Lot 29

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] Four Comanche Men by Lenny and Sawyers

Estimate: $150 - $300
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Lenny & Sawyers, Purcell, Indian Territory. Circa 1890. Cabinet photograph of four Comanche men arranged in two tiers before a painted studio backdrop, with two seated in the foreground and two positioned behind them. Their clothing combines patterned and plain shirts, waistcoats, blankets, fringed leggings, and moccasins. Several wear long hair ornaments, earrings, necklaces, or rings, details clearly visible despite the photograph’s softened contrast. The word “Comanches” appears in the negative near the lower left. The cream-colored mount is imprinted “Lenny & Sawyers,” with “Purcell” and “Ind. Ter.” at the lower corners. The negative caption supplies the tribal identification, although the individual sitters remain unnamed. The photograph belongs to the firm’s body of Southern Plains portraiture produced from its Purcell studio.

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