Best Two Outa Three

Dwayne Wilcox, Oglala Lakota / American, born 1957
Oglala Lakota
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
Central Plains
Plains

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2008

Crayon, graphite, colored pencil and felt-tipped pen on ledger paper

Overall: 11 7/16 × 17 11/16 in. (29 × 45 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Guernsey Center Moore 1904 Fund

© Dwayne Wilcox

2008.59.7

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

21st century

Object Name

Ledger Drawing

Research Area

Native American

Drawing

Native American: Plains

Not on view

Inscriptions

Signed and dated, in ink, upper right: Wilcox / 08 [in script]; printed, in ink, upper to lower right: 34 / BOROUGH OF _______ WARD ___ PRECINCT__ / Return of Election Held on Tuesday, November ___, 19___ / Inspector [in line with the Majority and Minority columns] [printed with orientation of sheet, vertical to the drawing]; printed, in ink, upper to lower right: Burgess / Councilman / Justice of the Peace / Judge of Elections / Majority / Minority / School Director / Assessor / Election Assessor / Auditor / Tax Collector / Constable / High Constable; printed, in ink, upper right to left: R / D [repeats nineteen times, printed with orientation of sheet, vertical to the drawing, with top row at right]; printed, in ink, on label affixed to reverse of mount, upper left: BEST TWO OUTA THREE 34

Course History

NAS 8, Perspectives in Native American Studies, Vera Palmer, Fall 2012

NAS 8, Perspectives in Native American Studies, Vera Palmer, Spring 2013

NAS 30.2, ARTH 16, Plains Ledger Drawings and Their Complexities, Joyce Szabo, Summer 2013

NAS 15, HIST 15, American Indians and American Expansion: 1800 to 1924, Colin Calloway, Spring 2014

NAS 8, Perspectives in Native American Studies, Vera Palmer, Fall 2014

NAS 8, Perspectives in Native American Studies, Vera Palmer, Fall 2014

Center for Cartoon Studies, Steven Bissette, Fall 2019

NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2020

NAS 15.01/HIST 15.01, American Indian and Expansion: 1800-1924, Colin Calloway, Spring 2022

NAIS 8.01, Perspectives in Native American Studies, Heid Erdrich, Fall 2022

Writing 2.06, The American Mosaic: Literature, Essays, and Memoirs from the Voices of the Subaltern, Doug Moody, Fall 2023

Exhibition History

Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 8, 2011-March 12, 2012.

Publication History

George P. Horse Capture, Sr., Joe D. Horse Capture, Joseph M. Sanchez, et al., Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2011, ill. on p. 77 and p. 166, no. 115.

Provenance

Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico; sold to present collection, 2008.

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