Coming Home / Valjean McCarty Hessing

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Art Item Information

©Gilcrease Museum

Title(s):

Coming Home

Creator(s):

Valjean McCarty Hessing (Artist)

Culture:

Native American; Choctaw

Date:

1975

Materials/Techniques:

gouache on board

Paper/Support:

Landscape; single-sided 1.480-1.490mm Illustration board. Poor quality interior.

Classification:

Paintings

Object Type:

Gouache Painting

Credit Line:

Gift of Linda Pierson

Accession No:

02.2047

Previous Number(s):

TL 2012.1

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall (Mat):

Height: 27 9/16in. (70.0cm)
Width: 39 3/8in. (100.0cm)

Image:

Height: 17 3/64in. (43.3cm)
Width: 30 3/64in. (76.3cm)

Mat:

Height: 27 9/16in. (70.0cm)
Width: 39 3/8in. (100.0cm)

About the Creator(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Valjean McCarty Hessing

Role(s):

Artist

From Getty's Union List of Artist Names:

Names (all):

Hessing, Valjean McCarty

Birth Date:

1934

Nationalities:

Native American

Roles:

Native American painter, born 1934

Gender:

female

Note:

McCarty Hessing has exhibited her work nationally and has received many awards; she now lives in Onarga, Illinois.

Marks and Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Letter titled, "Coming Home (1861-1865)" previously attached to verso is now in TL file TL2012.1 in Registration.

Signed: Signed by hand in gouache, "Valjean Hessing 1975" in lower right on recto

Cite this Page

Hessing, Valjean. Coming Home. 02.2047. 1975. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/022047 (06/19/2019).

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