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Nez Perce 1877—Escape from the Big Hole
Nez Perce 1877—Escape from the Big Hole
Nez Perce 1877—Escape from the Big Hole

Nez Perce 1877—Escape from the Big Hole

Artist (born Ellensburg, Washington, 1907; died Jackson, Wyoming, 1989)
Date1976
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsImage Overall: 24 × 48 in. (61 × 121.9 cm)
Frame: 35 × 58 in. (88.9 × 147.3 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineTacoma Art Museum, Haub Family Collection, Gift of Erivan and Helga Haub
Object number2019.26.13
DescriptionIn the right foreground, a group of Native American men on horseback gallop toward the viewer from the right. Another much larger group travels in the same direction in the background. A narrow river runs between them. Mountains along the horizon.
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