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Indian Life in the Alleghenies

Object number2017.60.1

Artist Nat Youngblood (1916 - 2009)

MediumOil paint; Canvas; Wood; Metal; Paper; Ink

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

DescriptionFramed oil painting. Depicts a landscape with an occupied rockshelter at center. Two vignettes in foreground: on proper right are two Native American hunters with a slain caribou; on proper left are bust portrait in three-quarter view of Native American elder and youth with spear in hand. Wooden frame is painted gold on the front. Unglazed.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 61.25 × 49.438 × 1.875 in. (155.6 × 125.6 × 4.8 cm)
SignedSigned in paint in bottom proper right corner "Nat Youngblood ©".
InscriptionsRectangular white paper adhesive label on reverse on proper right side of center stretcher bar has printed black text "83.001.02 / Nat Youngblood / "Indian Life in the Alleghenies" ".
Historical NotesPurchased at auction from Concept Art Gallery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Lot #945 in the May 6, 2017, Fine Art, Antiques, and Design Auction.

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