Vincent Colyer
Yellow Bear, second chief of Arrapahoes

ArtistAmerican, 1825–1888
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Yellow Bear, second chief of Arrapahoes
Datec. 1869–1871
PlaceUnited States
MediumPencil on paper
DimensionsSheet: 9 1/4 × 6 1/4 in. (23.5 × 15.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by AIG American General at "One Great Night in November, 1997"
Object numberB.97.32
Not on view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Provenance[Kennedy Galleries, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1997.
Exhibition HistoryLoaned to Cypress Creek Christian Church and Community Center, Spring, Texas, for display in Colyer exhibition, February 9–July 16, 1999
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed lower right: Yellow Bear / 2d Chief of Me [?] Arrapahoes [in ink]
[no marks]

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