Donald Ellis Gallery Loans Ledger Art to the Drawing Center
The Pencil is Key: Drawings by Incarcerated Artists showcases an important group of Plains Indian Ledger Drawings on loan from Donald Ellis Gallery
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Ledger Drawing
recto: attributed to Koba (Wild Horse), 1848-1880; verso: attributed to Wohaw (Beef) also known as Gu Hau De (Wolf Robe), 1855-1924
Kiowa
Central Plains
Kiowa
Central Plains
ca. 1875-78
recto/verso
graphite, watercolour and coloured pencil on paper
height: 8 ⅝"
width: 11 ¼"
Inventory # CP4160c
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acquired by Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME
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Private collection, Philadelphia, PA
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