Nationality
American, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
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Date of Work
2022
Medium
Pencil, ink, ledger paper dated 1894
Signature
Bottom left corner
Height
5 1/2"
Width
13"
Collection/Provenance
Purchased at the 57th Annual Red Cloud Indian Art Show.
Status
Stored
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Artist Bio
Jim Yellowhawk grew up on the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota. He is an enrolled member of the Itazipco Band of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and of the Onondaga/Iroquois on his mother’s side. Yellowhawk graduated from Marion College, Indiana, with a Bachelor of Science in Art and studied at Columbus College of Art and Design in Ohio. He currently lives in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
His work often depicts a contemporary take on traditional ledger art.
Additional Information
Orange, yellow, and black stylized butterflies on ledger paper
Condition
Excellent
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