RESTORING - STAKKO NIINA - Rare 1929 Northern PACIFIC Silk Screen POSTER FIX - W. Langdon Kihn

A very rare original silkscreen poster from the late 1920s for Northern Pacific Railroad came to my studio for restoration. The poster depicts a great Native American: The Mountain Chief, STAKKO NIINA of the Black Feet Indians.
Sent to us by Johnny Arnoux (Peen Aquim) of the Black Feet Confederacy, the print was on board and had its sides chopped off. The headline was missing letters on each end. Watch us go thru the process of removing the poster from board, linen backing, paper fills and finally Okhee's recreation of the missing area and color enhancement. There is also a small print of the same image printed in offset, which you will see us fix too. Art by W. Langdon Kihn.

ARTIST: William Langdon Kihn (September 5, 1898 – December 12, 1957) was a portrait painter and illustrator specializing in portraits of American Indians.
He was born in Brooklyn, New York, son of Alfred Charles Kihn and Carrie Lowe (Peck) Kihn. He attended Boys' High School in Brooklyn and was recognized there for his artistic talent.
He studied with the Art Students League, 1916–17, and was a pupil of Homer Boss and Winold Reiss.
Portrait of Sem-Medeeks of Gitinanga, British Columbia from the Wellcome Collection
Motivated by a desire to document the disappearing aboriginal culture, he spent many years visiting and living with Indian tribes in the Western United States. In 1920, he was admitted to the Blackfeet tribe in Montana, under the name "Zoi-och-ka-tsai-ya," meaning "Chase Enemy in Water".

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