Another immaculate ink drawing by Gus Kniffin
Description | Another immaculate ink drawing by Gus Kniffin |
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About the Artist | (Born 1946-2013) Apache/ Shoshone American Indian) A member of the San Carlos tribe, Kniffin was a painter who studied at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico and specifically with Allan Houser, Charles Loloma and Fritz Scholder. Kniffin won first place, a special award and two honorable mentions for his pen and ink drawings at the annual Scottsdale National in 1976. He also won first prize and honorable mention at the Heard Annual Art Show in Phoenix (1976). Kniffin was represented in Phoenix, Arizona by Gallery Three. He had been cited in Who's Who in American Art. |
Culture | American Indian |
Style | Stylization |
Medium | Black ink on paper board |
Sight size | 17 1/2" height X 15" width |
Frame | Conservation clear glass, black finished wood molding |
Frame size | 19 1/2" height X 17 1/4" width |
Signed | "Ralph 'Gus' Kniffin 74" at lower center |
Date of creation | 1974 |
Condition | Excellent, as appeared framed, glazed |
Provenance | LF |