Handsome Morning -- A Dakota, Harry C. Edwards, 1921

"harry c. Edwards’s striking studio portrait of handsome morning—a woman the artist identifies as dakota sioux—reflects a turn-of-the-century fascination with romanticized subjects in costume. Handsome morning’s regalia consists of a fringed dress with beaded yoke, a tubular bone-bead necklace, beaded moccasins, and a buffalo-hide robe. It is likely that she was styled and posed according to conventional portrayals of native american people made popular by the theatricalized portraits of photographer edward s. Curtis, which included the mixing of tribal dress and ornamentation, and the use of stoic expressions and gestures. ". Object Type: painting. Date: 1921. Dimensions: height: 183 cm (72 in) ; width: 91.6 cm (36 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn Museum - Handsome Morning -- A Dakota - Harry C. Edwards - overall

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Author: Harry C. Edwards (1868–1922)Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/

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