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Art Item Information

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Title(s):

Horse

Creator(s):

Woodrow Wilson Crumbo (Artist)

Culture:

Native American; Citizen Potawatomi

Date:

mid-20th century

Materials/Techniques:

tempera on paper

Paper/Support:

Portrait; single-sided 0.332-0.342mm Cream colored, machine-made, wove paper. Textured, possibly cold pressed. Evenly distributed fibers in transmitted light. Deckled edge on two sides.

Classification:

Paintings

Object Type:

Tempera Painting

Accession No:

02.301

Previous Number(s):

0227.301; 33242

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 23 5/64in. (58.6cm)
Width: 14 39/64in. (37.1cm)

Image:

Height: 9 1/16in. (23.0cm)
Width: 8 21/32in. (22.0cm)

Mat:

Height: 39 37/100in. (100.0cm)
Width: 27 9/16in. (70.0cm)

About the Creator(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Woodrow Wilson Crumbo

Biography:

Woodrow "Woody" Wilson Crumbo was Potawatomi, French and German by birth. After losing his parents at a young age, he lived among the Creeks and was heavily influenced by that culture. Crumbo's father was German-American. His mother was French-Potawatomi. Source: Carole Klein, Art Curator, October 16, 2015

Role(s):

Artist

From Getty's Union List of Artist Names:

Names (all):

Crumbo, Woodrow Wilson

Birth Date:

1912

Death Date:

1989

Nationalities:

Native American

Roles:

Native American painter, 1912-1989

Gender:

male

Marks and Inscriptions

Signed: Signed by hand in gouache, "Crumbo" in lower right on recto

Tags and Search Terms

Tags:

Animals, black, Creek, eyes (animal components), flora, flowers (plants), gouache, grass, hooves, horse, Indigenous paintings included in the Henry Luce Foundation 2020-2022 project, Items included in the Henry Luce Foundation 2020-2022 project, Potawatomi, white

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Crumbo, Woodrow. Horse. 02.301. mid-20th century. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/02301 (03/08/2018).

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Marks and Inscriptions

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