Coffeen-Crow Ledger Provenance

Parade into fair grounds with big tent and tipi encampment | “Hot” dancer with pole decorated with US flags

Various owners (dispersed), Donald Ellis Gallery, H. Malcolm Grimmer Antique American Indian Art, Santa Fe, NM. Ledger drawings in bank passbook belonging to Herbert Allen Coffeen (3/11/1869, Bement, IL - August 31, 1916, Pasadena, CA), Sheridan, Wyoming.

Herbert Allen was 16 when his father moved to Sheridan. When he took over his father Henry's Sheridan emporium, "At The Sign of The Teepee," in the early 1900's, Bert carried paintings, among those two famous artists, Joseph H. Sharp and Bill Gollings. Not only was the store known by stationery concerns all over the United States, as it sold a full line of that merchandise, but the Indian department had marvelous blankets, beadwork, and Navajo artifacts.

Artist
Formerly known Crow (Apsáaloke) artist
Document Info
Media: pencil, colored pencil, and crayon on lined ledger paper
Dimensions: 5.5 x 3.5 inches
Total Plates: 25
Total Pages: 40
Custodian
Various owners (dispersed)
Image Source
Donald Ellis Gallery