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| 992 |
| “Kesinamis Is Dead. My Mother is Dead!” |
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| Alternate Titles: | Man From the North [2001]; The life went out of the boy’s face and he stood as rigid as a totem. Kesinamis is dead…[2004]; | |
| Date: | 12/16/1920 | |
| Size: | 28″H x 36″W | |
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| Type: | illustration | |
| Published: | Erskine, Laurie York. “The Man from the North.” The American Boy, March 1921: 7. caption: “The Life Went Out of the Boy’s Face and He Stood as Rigid as a Totem. ‘Kesinamis is Dead. Kesinamis, My Mother. Kesinamis, the White Otter Woman She is Dead! She Has Gone to the Spirit Place. Kesinamis, My Mother!'” |
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| Inscription: | lr: F.E. Schoonover / ’20 | |
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| Exhibitions: | 2001 FES; 2004 Biggs | |
| Comments: | non-trany 4×5; trany project early; Form 2/1/03; index edit | |
| Commentary: | The artist’s son, Cortlandt, aged 4 at the time, modeled for two hours for the boy in this illustration. (day books) | |
| Provenance: | Judy Goffman Gallery, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania; Sotheby’s, New York (June 24, 1988); Somerville Manning Gallery, Wilmington, Delaware (1989); Sarah Schutt Harrison, Montchanin, Delaware; Freeman’s Auction, Philadelphia, Lot 51 (June 4, 2023); not known |
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