Museum Collections
Luce Center
Unidentified Elder Osage Warrior
Object Number:
1860.94
Date:
c. 1805-07
Medium:
Charcoal with stumping, Conté crayon, and black and white chalk on pink prepared paper, nailed over canvas to a wooden strainer
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 x 17 in. ( 58.4 x 43.2 cm )
Marks:
inscription: center right: "gardier/Osage"
inscription: center left: "Osage Warrior"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed along left edge vertically in graphite: "Osage Warrior"; at lower right: "guerrier / osage."
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Elizabeth DeMilt Fund
Provenance:
Artist's family; purchased from Elias Dexter
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.