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
anonymous artist
Sheridan Ledger Book (pg. 5)
Southern Cheyenne
Central Plains
Sheridan Ledger Book (pg. 5)
Southern Cheyenne
Central Plains
ca. 1885
graphite and coloured pencil on lined paper
height: 5 ¼"
width: 11 ¾"
Inventory # P4048d
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PROVENANCE
Collected at Camp Supply, Oklahoma, in the 1880’s, by John L. Sheridan (1837-1898), a lawyer and certified land registrar, and brother of General Philip Sheridan (1831-1888), who led military campaigns against Southern Plains Indian and other tribes.
EXHIBITED
Fairfield University Art Museum, Picturing History: Ledger Drawings of the Plains Indians. Fairfield, CT, September 27 - December 20, 2017
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