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Historically important original oil painting depicting Geronimo on horseback holding a Trapdoor Sp

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Historically important original oil painting  depicting Geronimo on horseback holding a  Trapdoor Sp
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Historically important original oil painting depicting Geronimo on horseback holding a Trapdoor Springfield in buckskin jacket with red bandana in the high mountains of Arizona with stream in foreground, signed notedCalifornia and Western artist Harry Raschen, born 1854. Mr. Raschen was on the expedition with General Nelson A. Miles when Geronimo was captured, and Raschen was known to have depicted this event and visited Geronimo when in prison at Fort Sill. Raschen was reported to be the only artist to have painted Geronimo from life. Raschen was well trained and was a major artist in San Francisco whose patron was Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, mother ofRandolph Hearst. He depicted the West in his paintings, and died in Oakland, CA in 1937. This fine painting measures 35-1/2”h by 59-1/2”w (artwork). Condition is fine to excellent. The painting is contained withinits original carved and beautifully gilted frame. The condition is excellent for its age showing baroque carving and most of its gilting. The outside dimensions are 52”h by 74”w. Provenance: Dealer tag on reverse of