All the Other Bears Teased Him cause of His Mickey Mouse Ears... / Earl Biss

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Art Item Information

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Title(s):

All the Other Bears Teased Him cause of His Mickey Mouse Ears...

Creator(s):

Earl Biss (Artist)

Culture:

Native American; Apsáalooke (Crow), Ojibwe

Date:

1992

Materials/Techniques:

ballpoint pen on paper

Paper/Support:

Portrait; single-sided 0.161mm White colored paper. Machine made, hot-pressed. Even distribution of fibers in transmitted light.

Classification:

Drawings

Object Type:

Pen Drawing

Accession No:

13.3940

Previous Number(s):

TL2004.238.49; TL 2004.238.49

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 10 7/8in. (27.6cm)
Width: 8in. (20.3cm)

About the Creator(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Earl Biss Jr.

Role(s):

Artist

From Getty's Union List of Artist Names:

Names (all):

Biss, Earl

Birth Date:

1947

Death Date:

1998

Nationalities:

Native American

Roles:

Native American lithographer and painter, 1947-1998

Gender:

male

Inscriptions: Notes in the artist's hand; Inscribed by hand in ink, "All the other Bears teased him cause of his mickey mouse ears, but he didn't care cause he was bigger than they were." in lower center on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Z00309" in upper left on verso

Signed: Signed by hand in ink, "Biss 92'" in upper right on recto

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Tags:

bear, black, crosshatching, Crow, ears (animal components), eyes (animal components), face (animal component), fur, gray (color), grey (colour), Indigenous paintings included in the Henry Luce Foundation 2020-2022 project, ink, Items included in the Henry Luce Foundation 2020-2022 project, mouse (animal), Native American, Ojibwa, paper (fiber product), teeth

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Biss, Earl. All the Other Bears Teased Him cause of His Mickey Mouse Ears.... 13.3940. 1992. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/133940 (08/14/2019).

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All the Other Bears Teased Him cause of His Mickey Mouse Ears... / Earl Biss

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