Jerry Saltz Reviews Fort Marion and Beyond
Jerry Saltz emphasises the visionary art created by Nokkoist (Bear’s Heart) and Ohettoint during their incarceration at Fort Marion, in St. Augustine, Florida
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Cheyennes at Home
Nokkoist (Bear's Heart), 1851-1882
Bear's Heart and Ohettoint Drawing Book
Cheyenne
Central Plains
Bear's Heart and Ohettoint Drawing Book
Cheyenne
Central Plains
ca. 1876
ink, graphite and coloured pencil on paper
height: 8 ⅝"
width: 11 ⅜"
Inventory # P4470-3
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Inscribed "Cheyennes at Home" by Captain Richard Henry Pratt
PROVENANCE
Gifted by Richard Henry Pratt (1840-1924), commander at Fort Marion, St. Augustine, FL, to Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple (1822-1901) in July 31, 1876
Evangeline Marrs Simpson Whipple (1857-1930)
Roy Henry Robinson, Chicago, IL, acquired from the estate of the above in 1933
by descent in the family
RELATED EXAMPLES
Sketchbooks attributed to Nokkoist (Bear's Heart) and Ohettoint are in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN, No. 98.151.1 and No. 98.151.2 - See: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/5598/book-of-drawings-bears-heart and https://collections.artsmia.org/art/5599/book-of-drawings-attributed-to-ohet-toint
For detailed histories of the two artists, see "Bear's Heart, The Color-bearer" in Karen Daniels Petersen, Plains Indian Art from Fort Marion, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1971, pgs. 97-109; and "Ohettoint, the Police Officer", pgs. 161-170
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