The Scalp-Dance of the Sioux

Provenance

Richard A. Madigan, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1963; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

The Scalp-Dance of the Sioux

Darley, Felix Octavius Carr

c. 1842

Accession Number

2015.19.1015

Medium

brown ink wash and graphite with scratched highlights on wove paper

Dimensions

image: 20.48 × 30.64 cm (8 1/16 × 12 1/16 in.) | sheet: 35.4 × 45.56 cm (13 15/16 × 17 15/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)