🔵  Here’s a little BLUESDAY inspiration from our American art collection, currently on view in Infinite Blue.
In this studio portrait by Harry C. Edwards, blue beadwork and pigment are found throughout the model Handsome Morning’s traditional Dakota outfit, which consisted of a fringed dress with beaded yoke, a tubular bone-bead necklace, beaded moccasins, and a buffalo hide robe painted with a box-and-border design. Edwards’s detailed description of her dress and accessories, along with the use of her name in the title of this painting, suggests his interest in asserting Handsome Morning’s authenticity to his audience.
Harry C. Edwards (American, 1868–1922) Handsome Morning—A Dakota, 1921. Oil on canvas Gift of the Estate of Grace C. Edwards, 26.149