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Art Item Information

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Title(s):

Forbidden Dance

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 0.345-0.355mm Light brownish grey colored, machine-made, wove paper. Textured, possibly cold pressed. Deckled edge on all four sides.

Classification:

Paintings

Object Type:

Tempera Painting

Credit Line:

Gift of the Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, 1955

Accession No:

02.468

Previous Number(s):

0227.468; 15217

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 25 33/64in. (64.8cm)
Width: 19 9/64in. (48.6cm)

Image:

Height: 16 47/64in. (42.5cm)
Width: 11 13/16in. (30.0cm)

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 pencil, "Story 'Wolf in the Moon' Chap. VI p. 81 'Forbidden dance'" in upper left on verso

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

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Crumbo, Woodrow. Forbidden Dance. 02.468. mid-20th century. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/02468 (03/08/2018).

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