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Photography by Edward C. Robison III.

Untitled

ArtistGeorge Morrison, Ojibwe, 1919–2000

Ojibwe, 1919 - 2000 George Morrison (Ojibwe, 1919–2000) was a Native American artist best known for his brilliantly-colored landscape paintings and wood collages. Detailing the American landscape through reverential lens towards his subject matter, Morrison’s works were deeply entrenched in the Ojibwe/Chippewa tribe’s culture. “I seek the power of the rock, the magic of the water, the religion of the tree, the color of the wind, and the enigma of the horizon.” Born Wah Wah Teh Go Nay Ga Bo (Standing in the Northern Lights) in 1919 on the Grand Portage Indian Reservation, MN, he went on to study at the Minnesota School of Art during the late 1930s.

Date1953
MediumGouache, ink, and paint on paper
Dimensions17 1/4 x 15 x 1 1/2 in.
Signedl.c., in black ink: GEORGE MORRISON l.r., in black ink: 1953 NOV. / MINNESOTA
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2020.70
ClassificationMixed Media
Provenancepurchased by Bruce Hartman, Prairie Village, KS; purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2020
On ViewNo
Untitled17.3 × 15 in.Tennis Ball2.7 in. diameter

This artwork's face covers about 35× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.