^Lot 883 Original Oil on Canvas

Charles La Monk depicting Sioux Indian child portrait signed lower right in wood frame with fabric inset. Image measures 13 3/4"x10 1/2". 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.