Collection Highlights
Ki On Twog Ky (also known as Cornplanter ), 1732/40-1836
1796
1867.314
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Calligraphic Horse
Title
Calligraphic Horse
Date
c. 1850
Medium
Brown and black ink and watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 18 1/4 x 17 7/8 in. (46.4 x 45.4 cm), irregular
Credit Line
Elie Nadelman, Museum of Folk Arts, Riverdale-on-Hudson, Bronx, New York
Object Number
1937.1723
Inscriptions
Inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "Drawn by James T Sutes[?] under the tuition of J G Trego"
Gallery Label
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance
Museum of Folk Art, Riverdale-on-Hudson, New York
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
