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The Playful Encounter
The Playful Encounter
The Playful Encounter
ArtistAmerican, Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma, born 1972
CultureAmerican (Ponca)
Titles
  • The Playful Encounter
Date2025
MediumScreenprint in colors on wove paper, edition 10/20
DimensionsImage: 24 1/8 × 38 1/2 in. (61.3 × 97.8 cm)
Sheet (at open): 25 7/16 × 39 7/16 in. (64.6 × 100.1 cm)
Frame: 31 9/16 × 45 9/16 × 1 7/16 in. (80.2 × 115.7 × 3.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Carol Lynne Werner at Art + Paper 2026
Object number2026.373
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; [C&C Editions, Minneapolis, 2026]; purchased by MFAH, 2026.
Exhibition Historynone
Published References none Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Editioned in graphite, below image, left bottom edge: 10/20
Recto: Titled in graphite, below image, center bottom edge: The Playful Encounter
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, below image, right bottom edge: Julie Buffalohead [cursive] 2025
Verso: [inaccessible]
Recto: Chopmark, below image, left bottom edge: [circle with horizontal line below]
Verso: [inaccessible]
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1996
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1996
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2010.1757.2
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1996
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1996
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2019
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1976
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2005
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