Collection Highlights
Geometrical Lathe-work Proof
Date:
Object Number:
PR.221.63
Medium:
Engraving
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Unidentified Osage Warrior Wearing Bird Headdress
Object Number:
1860.91
Date:
1807
Medium:
Charcoal with stumping, Conté crayon, black pastel, 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)
frame: 25 5/8 x 19 5/8 x 1 1/4 in. ( 65.1 x 49.8 x 3.2 cm )
Marks:
Inscribed along left edge vertically in Conté crayon: "Osage Warrior"; at lower left in graphite: "Guerrier / Osage"; at lower right: "guerrier / Osage"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed along left edge vertically in Conté crayon: "Osage Warrior"; at lower left in graphite: "Guerrier / Osage"; 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.
