Chickasaw Chief / Jerome Tiger

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Art Item Information

©Gilcrease Museum

Title(s):

Chickasaw Chief

Creator(s):

Jerome Tiger (Artist)

Culture:

Native American; Muscogee (Creek), Seminole

Date:

1966

Materials/Techniques:

tempera on paper

Paper/Support:

Oval, Portrait; one-sided; 5 x 6 7/8in (12.8 x 17.6cm) 1.815-1.824mm oval, handcut, multilayered illustration board with semi-gloss finish

Classification:

Paintings

Object Type:

Tempera Painting

Credit Line:

A Gift of Lindsay L. and Rosalie P. Alexander

Accession No:

02.1952

Previous Number(s):

TL1999.6.2; 0227.1952; TL1999.6.2; 32117

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall (Framed):

Height: 20 1/8in. (51.1cm)
Width: 20 1/2in. (52.1cm)
Depth: 1in. (2.5cm)

Framed:

Height: 20 1/8in. (51.1cm)
Width: 20 1/2in. (52.1cm)
Depth: 1in. (2.5cm)

Mat:

Height: 15 5/8in. (39.7cm)
Width: 19in. (48.3cm)

Sheet:

Height: 6 1/2in. (16.5cm)
Width: 4 1/2in. (11.4cm)

Image:

Height: 5 1/8in. (13.0cm)
Width: 3 1/2in. (8.9cm)

About the Creator(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Jerome Tiger

Role(s):

Artist

From Getty's Union List of Artist Names:

Names (all):

Tiger, Jerome

Birth Date:

1941

Death Date:

1967

Nationalities:

Native American

Roles:

Native American painter, 1941-1967

Gender:

male

Inscriptions: Notes in the artist's hand; Inscribed by hand in tempera, "Chickasaw..." in lower center on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "BACK 5 CIVILIZED TRIBES CHIEFS PORTRAIT'S FOR MR. PECKENPAUGH" in upper center on verso

Signed: Signed by hand in tempera, "Tiger '66" in lower right on recto

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Tiger, Jerome. Chickasaw Chief. 02.1952. 1966. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/021952 (12/04/2014).

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