^Lot 897 Original Oil on Canvas

Charles LaMonk artist depicting a portrait of a Sioux mother and child. Signed lower right, image measures 20"x15 1/2" in wood frame. Born in Kemmerer, WY on April 22, 1910. LaMonk settled in Palmdale, CA at an early age. He studied at Chouinard Art Institute and privately with Will Foster. He specialized in recording the Indians of Mexico as well as the caves and canyons of the Southwest. He died in Los Angeles on Aug. 9, 1990. Exh: Allied AA (Antelope Valley), 1963.