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Title(s):

Bending Willow Set about the Cares of Mother-Hood

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 0.337-0.347mm Light brown colored, machine-made, wove paper. Textured, possibly cold pressed. Deckled edge on three sides.

Classification:

Paintings

Object Type:

Tempera Painting

Credit Line:

Gift of the Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, 1955

Accession No:

02.464

Previous Number(s):

0227.464; 32733

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 23 31/32in. (60.9cm)
Width: 19 9/64in. (48.6cm)

Image:

Height: 18 5/16in. (46.5cm)
Width: 16 17/32in. (42.0cm)

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: Inscribed by hand in ink, "Bending Willow..." in lower right on recto

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

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Crumbo, Woodrow. Bending Willow Set about the Cares of Mother-Hood. 02.464. mid-20th century. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/02464 (03/08/2018).

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