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
  • Figure group — male
  • Ceremony — dance
  • Mythology — other — American Indian
  • Indian — Lenape
Object Number
1986.91.1
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1986.91.1

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Dateca. 1930-1939
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John Heliker, Humus, 1937, pen and ink on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Olin Dows, 1983.90.74
Humus
Artist
Date1937
pen and ink on paper
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John Heliker, (Landscape), 1936, watercolor on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Olin Dows, 1983.90.73
(Landscape)
Artist
Date1936
watercolor on paper
Not on view
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Victim (Stricken Man)
Artist
Dateca. 1930-1939
pen and ink, brush and ink and crayon on paper
Not on view