Plains Indian

fourth quarter 19th century

J.W. Bradshaw

Associated Names
J.W. Bradshaw

Artist, American, active c. 1875/1900

The image shows a painted portrait of a man facing right. He has high cheekbones, a firm chin, deep-set eyes, long dark braided hair with a feather, and wears a traditional garment with intricate patterns in red, green, and white. The garment has shoulder decorations, and he wears a light-colored scarf around his neck. The background is a smooth, warm gradient of earthy tones.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Recorded as from Connecticut. (Avis and Rockwell Gardiner, Stamford, Connecticut), by whom sold in 1954 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1968.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1958

  • American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Springfield Art Museum, Missouri, 1958, no cat.

2014

  • Extended loan for use by Secretary Ernest Moniz, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C., 2014-2016.

Bibliography

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 18, repro., as Plains Indian (possibly Sitting Bull).

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 29, repro., as Plains Indian (Probably Sitting Bull).

1992

  • Chotner, Deborah, with contributions by Julie Aronson, Sarah D. Cash, and Laurie Weitzenkorn. American Naive Paintings. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 31-32, repro. 31.

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 35, repro.

Inscriptions

lower right: J. W. Bradshaw

Wikidata ID

Q20188796

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