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Art Item Information

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Title(s):

Flute Dancer (or Player)

Creator(s):

Woodrow Wilson Crumbo (Artist)

Culture:

Native American; Citizen Potawatomi

Date:

mid-20th century

Materials/Techniques:

airbrush and tempera on paper

Paper/Support:

Portrait; single-sided 0.332-0.342mm green colored paper, textured, densely packed in transmitted light. Deckled edge on the PL and lower edge.

Classification:

Paintings

Object Type:

Tempera Painting

Credit Line:

Gift of the Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, 1955

Accession No:

02.485

Previous Number(s):

0227.485; 15154

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 16 1/2in. (41.9cm)
Width: 12 9/16in. (31.9cm)

Image:

Height: 11 1/32in. (28.0cm)
Width: 7 7/8in. (20.0cm)

Mat:

Height: 23 5/8in. (60.0cm)
Width: 19 11/16in. (50.0cm)

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

Marks: None

Inscriptions: Handwritten notes are present on artwork

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

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Crumbo, Woodrow. Flute Dancer (or Player). 02.485. mid-20th century. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/02485 (03/08/2018).

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