From Here to Eternity
Dwayne Wilcox, Oglala Lakota / American, born 1957
Oglala Lakota
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
Central Plains
Plains
2008
Crayon, colored pencil and felt-tipped pen on ledger paper
Sheet (Irreg.): 9 5/8 × 15 1/2 in. (24.4 × 39.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Guernsey Center Moore 1904 Fund
© Dwayne Wilcox
2008.59.3
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
21st century
Object Name
Ledger Drawing
Research Area
Native American
Drawing
Native American: Plains
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, in ink, upper center: Wilcox / 08 [in script]; inscribed, in ink, upper left: 1.; inscribed, in ink, upper center: 2. [upper left of upper right panel]; inscribed, in ink, left center: 3. [upper left of lower left panel]; inscribed, in ink, center: 4. [upper left of lower right panel]; inscribed, in ink, lower to upper left: 1881 Dr Geo D. Davis & Sons Cr / Novem 30 To Amt LA 1.8 1675 Nov 30 By Amt LA 7.8 11.75 / Decem 3 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 1175 Dec 3 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 1175 / 1882 / March 31 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 3138 ,, 31 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 1588 / July ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 2 ,, ,, ,, 1882 Feby 28 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 1550 / Septem 3 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, May 31 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 2458 / Novem 14 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 12.25 June ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 898 / July ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 284 / Aug ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 735 / Sept 3 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 1978 / Nov 14 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 37 / X 12398 X 12398 [in script, inscribed with orientation of sheet, vertical to drawing, left at bottom]; inscribed, in ink, lower to upper center: 1881 Dr T. lemmy Bros Cr / Novem 30 To Amt LA 1.8 13 411 Novem 3 0 By Amt LA 1.9 1340 / Decem 31 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 1970 Dec 31 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 1970 / X 3310 X 3310 [in script, inscribed with orientation of sheet, vertical to drawing, with left at bottom]; printed, in ink, lower left corner: 270 [printed with orientation of sheet, vertical to drawing, with left at bottom]; inscribed, in graphite, reverse of mount, lower left: A4905 [upside down]; printed, in ink, on label affixed to reverse of mount, upper left: FROM HERE TO ETERNITY 270
Course History
NAS 8, Perspectives in Native American Studies, Vera Palmer, Fall 2012
NAS 8, Perspectives in Native American Studies, Vera Palmer, Spring 2013
NAS 30.2, ARTH 16, Plains Ledger Drawings and Their Complexities, Joyce Szabo, Summer 2013
NAS 8, Perspectives in Native American Studies, Vera Palmer, Spring 2014
NAS 8, Perspectives in Native American Studies, Vera Palmer, Spring 2014
NAS 8, Perspectives in Native American Studies, Vera Palmer, Fall 2014
NAS 8, Perspectives in Native American Studies, Vera Palmer, Fall 2014
Center for Cartoon Studies, Steven Bissette, Fall 2019
NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2020
WRIT 03.05, US History, Immigration, and Native Peoples, Douglas Moody, Winter 2021
WRIT 03.05, US History, Immigration, and Native Peoples, Douglas Moody, Winter 2021
WRIT 3, Composition and Research II, Doug Moody, Winter 2022
NAIS 8.01, Perspectives in Native American Studies, Heid Erdrich, Fall 2022
NAIS 8.01, Perspectives in Native American Studies, Heid Erdrich, Fall 2022
Writing Program 3.06, Composition and Research II, Doug Moody, Winter 2023
Exhibition History
Contemporary Native American Ledger Art: Drawing on Tradition, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 14-December 19, 2010.
Perspectives: Native American Art from the Hood Museum of Art's Collection, Perspective in Native Studies, NAS 8, Spring 2014, Vera Palmer, Teaching Exhibition, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 24-June 16, 2014.
Publication History
Colin G. Calloway, Editor, Ledger Narratives, The Plains Indian Drawings of the Lansburgh Collection at Dartmouth College, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press (published in cooperation with the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire), 2012, p. 215, figure 5.16.
Provenance
Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico; sold to present collection, 2008.
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