Pictographic Drawings
Pictographic drawings, also known as ledger drawings, with their historic origin, continue to be applied as a contemporary art form that has gained wider recognition. Native artists use multi-media (watercolors, ink, colored pencil and crayon etc.) to record themes of the present and past. The preferred canvas continues to be antique ledger papers, but not exclusively.
Donald Montileaux (Oglala)
“Good Shot”
Prisma watercolor pencil/India ink
Ledger paper dated 1939
29 x 39 in. (framed)
$3,000
Dwayne Wilcox (Oglala)
“Prairie Blossoms”
Colored pencil, 3 sheets of ledger paper dated 1885
24 x 41 in. (framed)
$3,400
George Flett (Spokan)
“Strong Eagle Shows His Horse Stealing Powers”
Colored pencil on ledger paper dated 1895, cardboard embossing
22 x 30 in. (framed)
$1,250
Jade Bread (Blackfeet)
“Courtship”
Colored pencil on ledger paper dated 1892
13 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
$225
Jade Bread (Blackfeet)
“Shatter”
Colored pencil on ledger paper dated 1927
13 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
$225
Russel Cournoyer (Yankton/ Sioux)
“Song in Camp”
Ledger drawing, ink and colored paper on antique ledger paper
16 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.
$475
Russel Cournoyer (Yankton/ Sioux)
“American Horses”
Acrylic on stock certificate dated 1940
19 x 15 1/2 in. (matted)
$545
Stuart Brings Plenty (Oglala Lakota)
“Cheyenne Warrior Roman Nose”
Colored Pencil on ledger paper
27 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (matted)
$995
Stuart Brings Plenty (Oglala Lakota)
“The Gift of the Sacred Pipe”
Colored pencil on ledger paper
17 x 11 in.
$250
Stuart Brings Plenty (Oglala Lakota)
“Red Horn”
Crayon on ledger paper
30 x 16 in. (framed)
$425
Stuart Brings Plenty (Oglala Lakota)
“The Black Pipe”
Colored pencil on archival paper
14 x 11 in.
$350
Stuart Brings Plenty (Oglala Lakota)
“Vision Quest”
Crayon and ink on ledger paper
22 1/2 x 17 in. (matted)
$375
Stuart Brings Plenty (Oglala Lakota)
“Leo Brings Plenty”
Colored pencil on ledger paper
25 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.
$795
Terrance Guardipee (Blackfeet)
“Blackfeet Sun Dancer”
Collage and mixed media,
Ledger paper dated 1897
36 x 36 in.
$5500
Terrance Guardipee (Blackfeet)
“Buffalo Shield”
Colored pencil and ink on 1912 ledger paper
12 x 7 1/2 in.
$450
Terrance Guardipee (Blackfeet)
“The Blackfoot Papers”
Mixed media
Prisma color pencils on Montana map with ledger papers dated from 1898
45 x 27 in. (framed)
$3,500
Frank Shortey (Navajo/Lakota)
“Dakota Chief Meets Lewis and Clark”
Crayon and ink drawing on original ledger paper dated 1908
23 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (framed)
$1,990
Frank Shortey (Navajo/Lakota)
“Sacagawea Leads Lewis and Clark”
Crayon and ink on original ledger paper dated 1908
23 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (framed)
$1,999
Frank Shortey (Navajo/Lakota)
“Buffalo Hunt”
Crayon and ink on original ledger paper dated 1908
23 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (framed)
$2,250
Frank Shortey (Navajo/Lakota)
“Couple on Horseback”
Crayon and ink on original ledger paper dated 1908
22 x 19 1/2 in. (framed)
$1,995
Frank Shortey (Navajo/Lakota)
“In Battle”
Crayon and ink on original ledger paper dated 1909
27 1/2 x 23 1/4 in. (framed)
$2,500