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.
Subjects
Terms
On View
Not on viewCollections
Nat Youngblood
Nat Youngblood
Nat Youngblood
Edwin Garnet Riley
Edwin Garnet Riley