Museum Collections
Luce Center
Yellow Corn, a Mandan
Object Number:
1860.96
Date:
1806-07
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 1/8 in. ( 58.4 x 43.5 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower left, graphite: "Jeunne...indeaph"
inscription: left: "Indian girl of the Iowas of the Missisip[?]"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed along left edge vertically in graphite: "Indian Girl of the Iowas of the Missouri"; at lower left: "Jeune indienne / des iowas du missoury"
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.