Ledger Art is an Eloquent Elegy to America’s Past
Crave reviews Donald Ellis Gallery’s presentation of Plains Ledger Drawings 1865-1900 at The Armory Show 2016
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Ledger Drawing
attributed to Cehupa (Jaw) also known as Okicize Tawa (His Fight), ca. 1850-1924
Macnider Ledger Book (pg. 208)
Lakota
Northern Plains
Macnider Ledger Book (pg. 208)
Lakota
Northern Plains
ca. 1880
graphite and coloured pencil on lined paper
height: 5 ¾"
width: 14 ½ ½"
Inventory # P3952-208
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The Macnider Ledger Book is an important discovery in the field of Plains Ledger Art following its discovery at a local courthouse auction over 130 years after it was produced.
Provenance
John Macnider, son of the owner/operator of the Fort Yates Trading Post in North Dakota 1876-1896
Exhibited
Fairfield University Art Museum, Picturing History: Ledger Drawings of the Plains Indians. Fairfield, CT, September 27 - December 20, 2017
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Related Exhibitions
Plains Ledger Art
An online exhibition hosted by the Outsider Art Fair
November 15 – December 6, 2020
