Deer and Papoose
Date1960s
MediumPaper, wood
Dimensions29.5"x25.5"x1.25"
Classifications3D Object
Object number2008.029.16
DescriptionPARTIAL INVENTORY- Serigraph of Woody Crumbo's Deer and Papoose. This item depicts a baby in a papoose hanging from a tree with a blue deer licking the baby's face. The papoose is blue, yellow, red, white, and brown. There are two squirrels visible in the tree. There are rocks, flowers, and birds visible in the background and foreground. There is an owl on one of the higher branches. The inner mat is blue and the outer mat is dark brown. The frame is dark wood. In the bottom left corner it reads, "Crumbo". Label on back of the item reads, "Deer and Papoose Serigraph Purchased 02/18/00" and another label (most likely accidentally stuck to the back reads, "Dream Horse Serigraph". NMAI has an identical item and their catalog reads, "ARTISTS/MAKERS: Woody Crumbo (Woodrow Wilson Crumbo), Potawatomi [Oklahoma]/Oklahoma Muskogee (Creek), 1912-1989 DONOR: R. E. Mansfield (Richard E. Mansfield), Non-Indian, 1937-2007 OBJECT NAME: Print MEDIA/MATERIALS: Paper, ink TECHNIQUES: Silkscreen printed DIMENSIONS: 50.8 x 38 cm CULTURE/PEOPLE: Potawatomi [Oklahoma] OBJECT TYPE: Painting/Drawing/Print PLACE: Oklahoma; USA DATE CREATED: circa 1960 COLLECTION HISTORY: Formerly in the collection of R.E. Mansfield (1937-2007); donated to NMAI in 2003. CATALOG NUMBER: 26/4318 SEE MORE ITEMS IN: Modern and Contemporary Arts DATA SOURCE: National Museum of the American Indian". Item is listed in the "Woody Crumbo Paintings Inventory March 23, 2005" as being located at "Admin Entrance Hallway".Collections
Finding AidSerigraph of Woody Crumbo's Deer and Papoose. This item depicts a baby in a papoose hanging from a tree with a blue deer licking the baby's face. The papoose is blue, yellow, red, white, and brown. There are two squirrels visible in the tree. There are rocks, flowers, and birds visible in the background and foreground. There is an owl on one of the higher branches. The inner mat is blue and the outer mat is dark brown. The frame is dark wood. In the bottom left corner it reads, "Crumbo".