Workbook Page, ca. 1893

  • Sioux, Native American

Gouache and watercolor on paper

  • Sheet: 10 5/8 × 8 inches (27 × 20.3 cm)

Founders Society Purchase

81.757.3

Inscribed in ink on lower right: Nellie Ghost Face | 17 years old | 3 rd year Grade | 5 years in School | Two Kettle Sioux Indian

I. George Wright, U.S. Indian Agent (Rosebud Agency, South Dakota, USA)

his daughter

obtained by Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981] in Chicago

purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA)

1981-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Sioux, Native American, Workbook Page, ca. 1893, gouache and watercolor on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.757.3.