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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1227   CAS 0370-1227; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Creek, Potawatomi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Oklahoma
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Crumbo, Sr. (1912-1989)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1935
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on gray textured board
Description Untitled painting on heavy gray textured board depicting Plains Indian dressed in beaded moccasins and buckskin pants and vest and riding black and white pinto horse and holding bow in one hand, having just shot arrow into one of two deer fleeing in front of him; Deer and hunter are shown again plain background; Signature "Crumbo" is printed in orange paint near bottom center. This painting was selected by Ruth and Charles deYoung Elkus as one of their annual holiday cards (date unknown), printed by the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 66.5, Length = 46.5