2006.75.9.2

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The Beginning (Scene 2)
1964
18 in HIGH x 24 in WIDE
(45.72 cm HIGH x 60.96 cm WIDE)
Gift of the Lyle R. Scott Collection
2006.75.9.2

frame
"Day" - D has triple vertical mark, painted, BR
Adhesive exhibition label on verso:"HX76.7.12 bFrank Day; KonkowThe Beginning1964oil on canvasboardCollection of Gladys Wilsson and Jim Nutt4.1.3b MEMORY AND IMAGINATIONThe Legacy of Maidu Indian Artist Frank DayOakland Museum of California History Department1000 Oak Street Oakland, CA 94611 510.238.3842"Adhesive label on verso:"Atthowe Fine Art Services926 32nd Street Oakland, California 94608(510)654-6816CRATE 9"
"MEMORY AND IMAGINATION: The Legacy of Maidu Indian Artist Frank Day" - March 15 to Oct. 19, 1997, Oakland Museum of California.





Oil painting on canvas board contains a composition of an animal attack. A line of green pine trees separates red ground and blue sky from center left to center right. A black bear appears at center with a human arm in its mouth. Just below, what appears as a cougar drags the limp body of a large deer. At center left, a male figure with bleeding cuts on his body crawls on two legs and one arm. At lower left, a stag is seen running with two arrows stuck in its side.
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