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
Notes in the artist's hand; Inscribed by hand in ink, "Story 'Wolf in the Moon' Chap. II page 35 'Just as the sun lay along the top of the bluff - Robert Elk came!'" in upper left on verso
Signed by hand in tempera, "Crumbo" in lower right on recto
Crumbo, Woodrow. Just as the Sun Lay along the Top of the Bluff--Robert Elk Came!. 02.460. mid-20th century. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/02460 (03/08/2018).
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