The Complex Legacy of Native American Ledger Drawings
James Adams from the Globe and Mail reviews the complicated legacy of Native American Ledger Drawings on view at TrépanierBaer Gallery, Calgary
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Ledger Drawing
anonymous artist
Henderson Ledger Book (pgs. 5 and 6)
Arapaho
Central Plains
Henderson Ledger Book (pgs. 5 and 6)
Arapaho
Central Plains
ca. 1880
recto/verso
graphite and coloured pencil on lined paper
height: 5 ¼"
width: 11 ¾"
Inventory # P4027
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Published
American Pictographic Images: Historical Works on Paper By the Plains Indians, Petersen, Alexander Gallery and Morningstar Gallery, 1988, plates 5 - 6
EXHIBITED
Alexander Gallery, New York, NY, May 25 - June 22, 1988
Morningstar Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, August 19 - September 16, 1988
Reference
Berlo, Janet Catherine. Plains Indian Drawings 1865-1935: Pages From Visual History. New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc., Publishers, 1996, pg. 81
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