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Property FA1: Alan Sorrell, Pastel Drawing of American Indian, Object: drawing, Artist/Maker: Sorrell, Alan (1904-1974, United Kingdom), Title/Model: No Caddie, Date/Region: n/a, Medium/Technique: pastel on paper / stick, Edition/Series: n/a, Size: 17.5" H x 13.75" W (image) 27.75" H x 23" W (framed), Condition: good, light toning from cardboard backing and acidic mat, Signature/Inscriptions: yes, lower right, Exhibitions/Literature: n/a, Description/Notes: A closed-composition, level-eye view of a female American Indian with a headband and center feather rising above her dark hair. She wears a blue tasseled and fringed long-sleeve shirt, red fringed long skirt and a necklace. She carries a child, facing the viewer, on her back in a cradleboard with cross-straps in the front. At her moccasin clad feet, to the left, a small rodent, akin to a prairie dog, makes a bent handed gesture to guide her path. Above the artists signature, lower right, is a small dandelion flower.Collection
NATIVE AMERICANLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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Category 08: Communication Objects