To Two Young Boys, Mother Corn Gave Good Seed from Which Comes All the Corn We Have Today, from the series Legends of the Lenape Indians

Media - 1986.91.5 - SAAM-1986.91.5_1 - 126013
Copied Robert Riggs, To Two Young Boys, Mother Corn Gave Good Seed from Which Comes All the Corn We Have Today, from the series Legends of the Lenape Indians, ca. 1966, graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard, sheet: 21 7⁄8 x 28 in. (55.7 x 71.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Desind, 1986.91.5

Artwork Details

Title
To Two Young Boys, Mother Corn Gave Good Seed from Which Comes All the Corn We Have Today, from the series Legends of the Lenape Indians
Artist
Date
ca. 1966
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 21 7⁄8 x 28 in. (55.7 x 71.1 cm)
Markings
lower right in pencil: Robert Riggs lower left to center in pencil: To Two Young Boys, Mother Corn Gave Good Seed From Which Comes All the Corn... back lower left stamped in red ink: ARTONE/Scratch/Board/Made in USA back center in pencil: 8 (written in a circle)
Credit Line
Gift of Philip Desind
Mediums
Mediums Description
graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard
Classifications
Keywords
  • Figure
  • Figure group — male
  • Mythology — other — American Indian
  • Still life — vegetable — corn
  • Indian — Lenape
Object Number
1986.91.5
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1986.91.5