Print of Pastel Drawing
Portrait of Native American male sitting with crossed legs on a pale turquiose rug. He is painting an earthenware water jug with black paint. The rug on which he sits has a pattern of alternating squares and hourglass shapes along the edge. Lying behind him is a jaguar hide. He is wearing a breech cloth secured to his waist with a leather concha belt. On his feet are plain moccasins, extending to the calf of his legs. Sitting nearby are two other ceramic vessels, one bowl and one vase shaped like a bird. Both have black paint for decoration.
- Object: Print of Pastel Drawing
- Artist: George de Forest Brush
- Circa: Late 19th century (original)
- Dimensions: 23" x 12 3/4"`
- Culture Area: -
- Cultural Group: -
- Cultural Context: Brush (born 1855, Shelbyville, TN; died 1941 Hanover, NH) was a 19th century painter who lived among various Indian tribes in the Plains area from 1882 to 1886. Brush wrote, "Everyone who goes far West sees Indians as dark skinned tramps, their old people blind and dirty." He painted an idealized version of "the world of the Indian before the white man came," that never existed.
- Donor: Pat Spencer
- Catalog #: 97.048