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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Nokkoist (Bear's Heart), 1851-1882
Bear's Heart Drawing Book
Cheyenne
Central Plains
Bear's Heart Drawing Book
Cheyenne
Central Plains
ca. 1876
ink, graphite and coloured pencil on paper
height: 8 ⅝"
width: 11 ⅜"
Inventory # P4469-7
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PROVENANCE
Gifted by Richard Henry Pratt (1840-1924), commander at Fort Marion, St. Augustine, FL, to Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple (1822-1901) on September 25, 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
A sketchbook attributed to Nokkoist (Bear's Heart) is in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN, No. 98.151.1 - See: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/5598/book-of-drawings-bears-heart
For a detailed history of the artist, 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
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