AFTER CARL KAUBA (1865-1922) A LARGE AUSTRIAN COLD-PAINTED BRONZE FIGURE OF A NATIVE AMERICAN CHIEF

Note: Carl Kauba was born in Austria in August, 1865. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. His cold-painted bronzes depicting Native Americans are highly sought after, even though it is very much debated that he ever visited America. The sculpture is believed to depict the Native American War Chief 'Rain in the Face' of the Hunkpapa band of Lakota Sioux. He played an important part in the Battle of Little Big Horn, which saw the defeat of General Custer and his 7th Cavalry, and as such he was a popular figure subject to numerous studies. The American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote a poem about him entitled "The Revenge of Rain in the Face".