Miniature Parfleche Envelope acrylic on cloth Abstract composition in dark blue

Abstract composition in dark blue and silvery gray

circa 1920 original oil painting by Albert Stokes Bancroft

The composition depicts a semi abstract snowflake in black

and works on paper traced his artistic development from early representational compositions to increasingly bold explorations of modernism

Rendered in colors of black

Miniature Parfleche Envelope acrylic on cloth Abstract composition in dark blueMiniature Parfleche Envelope, painted in a bold geometric abstract design. This was created by a North American Indian living in the Plateau cultural area encompassing portions of what is now northern Idaho, western Montana, northeast and central Oregon, eastern Washington and southeast British Columbia. The tribes from this region include Kalispel, Flathead, Kutenai, Palus, Coeur D'Alene and Nez Perce.