Becoming Mary Sully: Toward an American Indian Abstract

by Philip J. Deloria

Book Overview

"The moment to savor Mary Sully]. . . has arrived." -- New York Times

Dakota Sioux artist Mary Sully was the great-granddaughter of respected nineteenth-century portraitist Thomas Sully, who captured the personalities of America's first generation of celebrities (including the figure of Andrew Jackson immortalized on the twenty-dollar bill). Born on the Standing Rock reservation in South Dakota in 1896,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295745045
• ISBN13: 9780295745046
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.4" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher