Sacajawea and Geronimo / Acee Blue Eagle

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Art Item Information

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Title(s):

Sacajawea and Geronimo

Creator(s):

Acee Blue Eagle (Artist)

Culture:

Native American; Muscogee (Creek), Pawnee

Date:

1935

Materials/Techniques:

graphite on paper

Paper/Support:

Portrait; single-sided 0.120-0.130mm White colored paper. Machine made, hot-pressed. Even distribution of fibers in transmitted light.

Classification:

Drawings

Object Type:

Pencil Drawing

Accession No:

13.1986

Previous Number(s):

1327.1986; 11452

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 11 3/4in. (29.8cm)
Width: 8 7/8in. (22.5cm)

About the Creator(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Acee Blue Eagle

Biography:

American

Role(s):

Artist

From Getty's Union List of Artist Names:

Names (all):

Blue Eagle, Acee

Birth Date:

1907

Death Date:

1959

Nationalities:

Native American

Roles:

Native American painter, 1907-1959

Gender:

male

Inscriptions: Notes in the artist's hand; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Sakajawea, a Shoshone woman, guided Lewis and Clark in their explorations of the Great North West- Geronimo the great Apache Chief and leader of his people-" in upper center and lower center on recto

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Blue Eagle, Acee. Sacajawea and Geronimo. 13.1986. 1935. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/131986 (12/03/2018).

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Sacajawea and Geronimo / Acee Blue Eagle

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