When a Boy Was 12, He Was Sent, Alone, Into the Wilderness. There Would Come to Him, There, the Spirit-Forces of the World He Lived In., from the series Legends of the Lenape Indians

Robert Riggs, When a Boy Was 12, He Was Sent, Alone, Into the Wilderness. There Would Come to Him, There, the Spirit-Forces of the World He Lived In., from the series Legends of the Lenape Indians, ca. 1966, graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Desind, 1986.91.2
Robert Riggs, When a Boy Was 12, He Was Sent, Alone, Into the Wilderness. There Would Come to Him, There, the Spirit-Forces of the World He Lived In., from the series Legends of the Lenape Indians, ca. 1966, graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard, sheet: 21 7⁄8 x 27 3⁄4 in. (55.6 x 70.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Desind, 1986.91.2

Artwork Details

Title
When a Boy Was 12, He Was Sent, Alone, Into the Wilderness. There Would Come to Him, There, the Spirit-Forces of the World He Lived In., from the series Legends of the Lenape Indians
Artist
Date
ca. 1966
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 21 7⁄8 x 27 3⁄4 in. (55.6 x 70.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Philip Desind
Mediums
Mediums Description
graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure male — child
  • Mythology — other — American Indian
  • Allegory — life — manhood
  • Indian — Lenape
Object Number
1986.91.2
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1986.91.2