Maynard Dixon (1875-1946)
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Title:
"Camp on the Prairie"
Date:
1923
Size:
18 1/2" x 12"
Medium:
Pen, ink & gouache illustration
Signed lower right
Dedicated: (To the memory of my friend Tahamont)
Maynard Dixon (1875-1946)
Camp on the Prairie – 1923
(To the memory of my friend Tahamont)
Pen, ink and gouache illustration
Initialled and dated lower left
Poem, signed lower right
Combined dimensions, 18 ½” x 12”
Poems and Seven Drawings (1923): Published by the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco, was a limited edition (250 copies) containing Dixon's poetry and illustrations. "Camp on the Prairie" was one of the poems included in Dixon's book.
Maynard Dixon dedicated his 1923 poem "Camp on the Prairie" to Tahamont (also known as Robert James Tahamont) to commemorate his death. Tahamont was an Abenaki Indian who became a close friend of Dixon. The dedication reflects Dixon's deep personal and spiritual connection to the Native American people and the Western landscape.
Dedicated: (To the memory of my friend Tahamont)
Maynard Dixon (1875-1946)
Camp on the Prairie – 1923
(To the memory of my friend Tahamont)
Pen, ink and gouache illustration
Initialled and dated lower left
Poem, signed lower right
Combined dimensions, 18 ½” x 12”
Poems and Seven Drawings (1923): Published by the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco, was a limited edition (250 copies) containing Dixon's poetry and illustrations. "Camp on the Prairie" was one of the poems included in Dixon's book.
Maynard Dixon dedicated his 1923 poem "Camp on the Prairie" to Tahamont (also known as Robert James Tahamont) to commemorate his death. Tahamont was an Abenaki Indian who became a close friend of Dixon. The dedication reflects Dixon's deep personal and spiritual connection to the Native American people and the Western landscape.
