Deer Track (Pa-ee-na)

Kenneth M. Adams, Deer Track (Pa-ee-na), after 1924, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Arvin Gottlieb, 1991.205.1
Kenneth M. Adams, Deer Track (Pa-ee-na), after 1924, oil on canvas, 20 1⁄4 x 16 1⁄4 in. (51.5 x 41.3 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Arvin Gottlieb, 1991.205.1

Artwork Details

Title
Deer Track (Pa-ee-na)
Artist
Date
after 1924
Location
Dimensions
20 1⁄4 x 16 1⁄4 in. (51.5 x 41.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Arvin Gottlieb
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Indian
  • Portrait male — Pa-ee-na
  • Portrait male — Deer Track
Object Number
1991.205.1
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1991.205.1

Artwork Description

Deer Track clasps his huge hands around one knee, comfortably holding a pose while the artist works to capture the man’s quiet dignity. Kenneth Adams carried the orange and blue tones from his sitter’s clothing into the rich brown of his skin. The same colors appear again in the draped fabric of the background, so that Deer Track seems naturally a part of the environment around him. Adams painted his models from life, and his mentor, artist Andrew Dasburg, praised his former student, noting that Adams’s “strongest sympathy was for people.” (Kenneth Adams, N.A., 1963)

Works by this artist (4 items)

Jeffrey Clancy, Domestic Insertion (Tea for One), 2004, frame, mild steel, enamel spray paint, magnet, magazine image, and foam core, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Cicie Sattarnilasskorn in memory of Jackie Sattarnilasskorn, 2012.19A-B, © 2004, Jeffrey Clancy
Domestic Insertion (Tea for One)
Artist
Date2004
frame, mild steel, enamel spray paint, magnet, magazine image, and foam core
Not on view
Jeffrey Clancy, Collection of Curious Spoons, 2010, stainless steel, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Carol J. Bresler and Carolyn A. Billinghurst in memory of Charles Bresler, 2012.17A-F, © 2010, Jeffrey Clancy
Collection of Curious Spoons
Artist
Date2010
stainless steel
Not on view
Jeffrey Clancy, Creamer with Lobster Claw and Concealed Decoration, 2010, stainless steel, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Marsha Gold in honor of the fortieth anniversary of the Renwick Gallery, 2012.16, © 2010, Jeffrey Clancy
Creamer with Lobster Claw and Concealed Decoration
Artist
Date2010
stainless steel
Not on view
Jeffrey Clancy, Tea for One, 2002, sterling silver and mahogany, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Charles and Margret Craver Withers Bequest, 2012.18, © 2002, Jeffrey Clancy
Tea for One
Artist
Date2002
sterling silver and mahogany
Not on view

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John Biggs, World on Fire .062, 2001, fabricated, constructed and modified Pyrex, stainless steel, sterling silver, ebony, mahogany, wenge, brass, and neoprene, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist in honor of Mr. and Mrs. John Biggs III, 2003.61
World on Fire .062
Artist
Date2001
fabricated, constructed and modified Pyrex, stainless steel, sterling silver, ebony, mahogany, wenge, brass, and neoprene
Not on view