Oscar Howe (Mazuha Hokshina), Yanktonnai Nakota, 1915-1983 Search this
Seller:
Yolande Jacobson Sheppard (Mrs. J. Craig Sheppard), Non-Indian, 1921-1998 Search this
Previous owner:
Dr. Oscar Brousse Jacobson, Non-Indian, 1882-1966 Search this
Commissioner:
Dr. Oscar Brousse Jacobson, Non-Indian, 1882-1966 Search this
Title:
An Ojibway Chief, 1820
Object Name:
Painting
Media/Materials:
Paper, watercolor, ink
Techniques:
Painted
Dimensions:
30.3 x 43.6 cm
Object Type:
Painting/Drawing/Print
Place:
South Dakota; USA
Date created:
1948-1952
Collection History:
Part of a series of paintings commissioned by Dr. Oscar Brousse Jacobson (1882-1966, artist, scholar, Native art patron, and director of the University of Oklahoma's School of Art from 1915 to 1954) for "North American Indian Costumes, 1564-1950," a book by Oscar B. Jacobson and Oscar Howe and published by Editions d'Art C. Szwedzicki. Nice, France, 1952. The original paintings were purchased by MAI from Dr. Jacobson's daughter Yolande Jacobson Sheppard (1921-1998) in 1968.
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