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Twelve Men, Searching for a Sacrificial Bear, Were Led by the Boy-Bear, Who Always Knew Where a Bear Was Sleeping, Calling Out "There Is a Bear There," and Again, "There.", from the series Legends of the Lenape Indians
ca. 1966 Robert Riggs Born: Decatur, Illinois 1896 Died: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1970 graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard sheet: 21 7/8 x 27 3/4 in. (55.5 x 70.5 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Philip Desind 1986.91.10 Not currently on view
Keywords
Animal - bear
Ethnic - Indian - Lenape
Figure group - male
Mythology - other - American Indian
drawing
pencil - graphite
paperboard - prepared paperboard - artone scratch board
About Robert Riggs
Born: Decatur, Illinois 1896 Died: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1970
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