Fast Ponies and War Bonnets Receives Critical Acclaim
An article in the Daily Art Magazine praises Donald Ellis Gallery’s inaugural online exhibition of historical Lakota Ledger Art curated by artist and filmmaker Dana Claxton
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Ledger Drawing
anonymous artist
Goodwyn Ledger Book
Lakota
Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan
Goodwyn Ledger Book
Lakota
Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan
ca. 1880
ink, graphite and coloured pencil on lined paper
height: 3"
width: 5 ¾"
Inventory # P4394-45
Sold
acquired by FENIX, Rotterdam, Netherlands
The Goodwyn Ledger Drawings were created by several Lakota and Cheyenne warrior artists in the Wood Mountain Uplands, SK in the late 1870’s. The images directly reflect a series of violent encounters with the U.S. military in Dakota Territory which had prompted a group of approximately 5,000 Native Americans to evacuate across the border to Canada guided by Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull.
PROVENANCE
W. H. Goodwyn, Saskatchewan
Dr Ferguson, Great Falls, MT, acquired from the above in 1911
by descent in the family
W. E. Channing, Santa Fe, NM, August 11, 1991, lot 393
Private Collection, Texas
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