Source interpretationhigh certainty
postwar abstraction context
SAAM describes WalkingStick’s mid-1970s work as dark-hued, deeply textured abstraction developed while at Pratt Institute.
- Catalog medium
- Cotton canvas, encaustic (pigmented wax), ink
- Collection
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Accession
- 26/8542
Physical record
Scale without reproducing the image
- Metric
- 152.4 × 182.9 × 6.3 cm
- Approx. imperial
- 5 ft 0 in × 6 ft 0 in × 0 ft 2.5 in
- Width / 170 cm reference
- 1.08×
- Height / 170 cm reference
- 0.9×
- Depth / 170 cm reference
- 0.04×
Imperial dimensions and 170 cm reference ratios are interface calculations from documented metric dimensions. The diagram uses a bounding-dimension guide only: it does not infer silhouette, occupied volume, mass, or viewing angle.
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Process, material, form, ideas
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Object → maker
- Kay WalkingStickartist/date identity lineBasis: Object identity on this record.
Material & process
- CanvasmaterialBasis: Explicit structured mapping rendered on this object record.
Formal & thematic
- Surface relief / heavy impastoformal propertyBasis: Explicit structured mapping rendered on this object record.
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- Place this date on the AEU timeline1975Basis: Object date used for navigation only; not an influence or exhibition claim.
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Source register
Direct record sources
- Homage to Chief Joseph (Chief Joseph #1)museum collection · authority tier 1 · verified 2026-09-09Open institutional source ↗
- Kay WalkingStickmuseum artist record · authority tier 1 · verified 2026-09-09Open institutional source ↗