About the Artwork
Indian Ghost Dance, Looking for the Messiah
ca. 1890
Thomas Croft
active late 19th century
American
Unknown
Albumen print
Overall: 4 × 6 1/2 inches (10.2 × 16.5 cm)
Photographs
Indigenous Americas
Museum Purchase, Flint Ink Endowment
2009.19
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Provenance
2009, sold at auction (Heritage Auction Galleries, Dallas, Texas, USA, 23 January 2009, sale 6017, lot 43110)
2009, purchased by Richard Pohrt Jr. (Michigan, USA)
2009-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Thomas Croft, Indian Ghost Dance, Looking for the Messiah, ca. 1890, albumen print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Flint Ink Endowment, 2009.19.
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