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Art Item Information

©Gilcrease Museum

Title(s):

Night Hunting

Creator(s):

Tom Dorsey (Artist)

Culture:

Native American; Onondaga

Date:

mid-20th century

Materials/Techniques:

tempera on paper board

Paper/Support:

Portrait; single-sided 4.769-4.779mm Compressed, poor quality pulp. Textured and paper placed on outside.

Classification:

Paintings

Object Type:

Tempera Painting

Credit Line:

Gift of the Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, 1955

Accession No:

02.413

Previous Number(s):

0227.413; 30745

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 21 37/64in. (54.8cm)
Width: 19 1/64in. (48.3cm)

Image:

Height: 20 13/64in. (51.3cm)
Width: 18 17/64in. (46.4cm)

Mat:

Height: 39 37/100in. (100.0cm)
Width: 27 9/16in. (70.0cm)

About the Creator(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Tom Two-Arrows

Role(s):

Artist

From Getty's Union List of Artist Names:

Names (all):

Two Arrows, Tom

Birth Date:

1920

Death Date:

1993

Nationalities:

Native American

Roles:

Onandaga-adopted Lenape painter, 1920-1993

Gender:

male

Marks and Inscriptions

Signed: Signed by hand in tempera with colophon, "Tom" in lower right on recto

Cite this Page

Dorsey, Tom. Night Hunting. 02.413. mid-20th century. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://dci-collections.gilcrease.org/object/02413 (10/04/2017).

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