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, 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: Robert Riggs
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: graphite
Mediums Description: graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard
Classifications: Drawing
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