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Kay WalkingStick

1935

WA-00009579

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WikidataQ6380307

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Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓

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About

Why this artist matters now

Kay WalkingStick is a Native American landscape artist and a member of the Cherokee Nation. Her later landscape paintings, executed in oil paint on wood panels often include patterns based on Southwest American Indian rugs, pottery, and other artworks.

Source: Museum · Trust score: 100% · Updated 2mo ago

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Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artworks (10)

The Silence of Glacier

2013 · Oil on wood panel (diptych)

91.4 × 182.9 × 5.1 cm (36 × 72 1/16 × 2 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

You’re an Indian?

1995 · Lithograph

composition: 20 × 40" (50.8 × 101.6 cm); sheet: 30 × 48" (76.2 × 121.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tears

1990 · Deer hide, cow hide, copper, wood, feathers, bone beads, corn, stones, and turquoise

18 1/4 × 16 1/2 × 12" (46.4 × 41.9 × 30.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1977 · Charcoal on paper

composition: 20 × 20" (50.8 × 50.8 cm); sheet: 23 7/8 × 23 7/8" (60.6 × 60.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1977 · Charcoal and graphite on paper

composition: 20 × 20" (50.8 × 50.8 cm); sheet: 23 7/8 × 23 7/8" (60.6 × 60.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Diminished Reversal

1975 · Acrylic and wax colored ink on canvas

44 × 46" (111.8 × 116.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Gray Apron

1974 · Acrylic on canvas

Overall: 52 1/8 × 50 in. (132.4 × 127 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Tepee Form Drawing

1974 · Acrylic, ink, and incising on paper

29 1/2 × 21 3/4" (74.9 × 55.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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April Contemplating May

1972 · Acrylic on canvas

Overall: 49 7/8 × 49 7/8 in. (126.7 × 126.7 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

All Good Things (Version I)

1969 · Acrylic on canvas

43 × 47" (109.2 × 119.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (3)

10 published of 10 catalogued · 8 with image

MoMA
7 published7 img
Whitney
2 published
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Whitney Museum of American Art

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Pratt Institute

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Arcadia University

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