There Were Once Seven Boys, Who Spent All Their Time Dancing, and so, They Danced Up Into the Sky, And Are There Now: The Pleiades., from the series Legends of the Lenape Indians

Robert Riggs, There Were Once Seven Boys, Who Spent All Their Time Dancing, and so, They Danced Up Into the Sky, And Are There Now: The Pleiades., from the series Legends of the Lenape Indians, ca. 1966, graphite and charcoal on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Desind, 1986.91.1
Robert Riggs, There Were Once Seven Boys, Who Spent All Their Time Dancing, and so, They Danced Up Into the Sky, And Are There Now: The Pleiades., from the series Legends of the Lenape Indians, ca. 1966, graphite and charcoal on paper, 22 x 30 in. (55.9 x 76.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Desind, 1986.91.1

Artwork Details

Title
There Were Once Seven Boys, Who Spent All Their Time Dancing, and so, They Danced Up Into the Sky, And Are There Now: The Pleiades., from the series Legends of the Lenape Indians
Artist
Date
ca. 1966
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
22 x 30 in. (55.9 x 76.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Philip Desind
Mediums
Mediums Description
graphite and charcoal on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Indian — Lenape
  • Mythology — other — American Indian
  • Ceremony — dance
  • Figure group — male
Object Number
1986.91.1
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1986.91.1

Works by this artist (16 items)

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Robert Riggs, The Boy-Bear's Cub-Brothers, Growing Too Big, Were Sent, Wearing Sacred Wampum Back to Their Natural Home, from the series Legends of the Lenape Indians, ca. 1966, graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Desind, 1986.91.4
The Boy-Bear’s Cub-Brothers, Growing Too Big, Were Sent,…
Artist
Dateca. 1966
graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard
Not on view
Robert Riggs, The Spirit of a Bear, Being Released from Its Body, Carries a Plea for Good Hunting to the Manitu Above, from the series Legends of the Lenape Indians, ca. 1966, graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Desind, 1986.91.12
The Spirit of a Bear, Being Released from Its Body, Carries…
Artist
Dateca. 1966
graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard
Not on view
Robert Riggs, 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, graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Desind, 1986.91.10
Twelve Men, Searching for a Sacrificial Bear, Were Led by…
Artist
Dateca. 1966
graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard
Not on view
Robert Riggs, One-punch Knockout, ca. 1948, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Frank McClure, 1973.194.3
One-punch Knockout
Artist
Dateca. 1948
lithograph on paper
Not on view

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