Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Sioux Family Escaping-Escape from Wounded Knee
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Image View:
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Overall view without frame
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Creator:
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William Robinson Leigh (American painter, 1866-1955)
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Location:
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repository: Colby College Museum of Art (Waterville, Maine, United States) 2013.187P
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Location Note:
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5600 Mayflower Hill; The Lunder Collection
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GPS:
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+44.565-69.660833
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Date:
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1917 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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American
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Style Period:
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Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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painting (visual work)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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oil paint on canvas
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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18 in (height) x 22 in (width)
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Subjects:
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historical; military or war; Native North Americans
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Description:
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An American artist who specialized in Western scenes. In 1906, Leigh traveled to the American West while maintaining a studio in New York City. The Wounded Knee Massacre occurred on December 29, 1890 on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The American public's reaction to the massacre at the time was generally favorable; it was referred to as the Battle of Wounded Knee. This has now been reversed. Leigh's 1917 painting is sympathetic to the Sioux (Lakota). (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-LEIGHW-CA-SF-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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