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Title(s):

Just as the Sun Lay along the Top of the Bluff--Robert Elk Came!

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 0.347-0.357mm Blueish grey, machine-made, wove paper. Textured, possibly cold pressed. Evenly distributed fibers in transmitted light. Deckled edge on three sides.

Classification:

Paintings

Art- Portfolio

Object Type:

Tempera Painting

Credit Line:

Gift of the Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, 1955

Accession No:

02.460

Previous Number(s):

0227.460; 23264

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 25 13/64in. (64.0cm)
Width: 18 1/32in. (45.8cm)

Image:

Height: 12 13/64in. (31.0cm)
Width: 18 7/64in. (46.0cm)

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

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

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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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