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Catalogue Number 1946.82.1 from "Accession" Series
Artist
Red Star, Wendy
(born 1981)
Date2019
Dimensionsimage: 28 × 18 in. (71.1 × 45.7 cm)
frame: 39 × 27 in. (99.1 × 68.6 cm)
frame: 39 × 27 in. (99.1 × 68.6 cm)
ClassificationsART, 2-DIMENSIONAL
Credit LineClara S. Peck Fund
Object number2021.2.4
DescriptionIn the foreground is a photograph of a small Apsáalooke boy on a black horse appears in front of a thin leather bag with red, green, blue and white geometric patterning. A similar one hangs from the boy’s back. He wears white, fringed and embroidered pants and a large, feathered headdress. Blankets, white fur and a strap of bells hang from the horse’s back and neck. Photogrpah taken during the Crow Nation’s Annual Crow Fair in Montana. The photograph is layered on top of a watercolor illustration from the Denver Art Museum’s card catalogue of Native objects.Collections
- Post WWII and Contemporary Art
- Native American Art
Not on view