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The "Big Medicine Man"

The "Big Medicine Man"

(American, active 1868–1889)
1873–87
Medium/TechniqueTransparent and opaque watercolor over graphite pencil on blue-gray paper
DimensionsSheet: 31.8 x 47.1 cm (12 1/2 x 18 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number57.256
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ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsLL in graphite: P. Frenzeny; LR in water color: title
ProvenanceAbout 1953, sold by Edward Eberstadt and Sons, New York, to Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI; 1957, gift of Maxim Karolik to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 11, 1957)