The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 30, 2026

A horizontally oriented acrylic and graphite drawing on tan paper depicts a central horizontal form with symmetrical geometric patterns. Bold blue lines outline mirrored sections filled with solid green triangles, red rectangles, and diamonds with yellow lines. A vertical center band holds a green diamond with two black dots. Handwritten text at the bottom edge reads "#62," "BLUE CHIN," and a signature. The balanced composition leaves wide swathes of the page blank.

Blue Chin

2023

Wendy Red Star

(Apsáalooke/Crow, b. 1981)
America
acrylic, graphite, kitakata paper, coated pastel paper
Image: 47.3 x 67.5 cm (18 5/8 x 26 9/16 in.); Sheet: 50 x 70 cm (19 11/16 x 27 9/16 in.)
Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 2024.170.2
© Wendy Red Star, courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles
Location: 101A Prints & Drawings

Did You Know?

The Cleveland Museum of Art holds one such Parfleche in our collection: 1937.848

Description

For her Bishkisché series, Red Star studies and then paints 226 rawhide cases, containers used to transport meat or grain, each isolated against colorful backgrounds. Traditionally fabricated and decorated by the women in her (Apsáalooke / Crow) tribe, they bear unique designs. Each one in the series is named after an Apsáalooke woman that the artist has collected from archival research, resuscitating her name from marginalized histories. This series is emblematic of Red Star’s ongoing research-based practice and conceptual project of honoring the rich legacy of both Apsáalooke women who contributed to her tribe’s aesthetic tradition.
  • 2023-2024
    The artist, Portland, OR
    2024
    (Robert Projects, Los Angeles, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
    2024-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Wendy Red Star, Bíikkua (The Hide Scraper). Los Angeles: Projects Gallery, 2024. [exhibition brochure]
  • still/emerging: Native American Works on Paper. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 1-June 7, 2026).
    Wendy Red Star, Bíikkua (The Hide Scraper). Robert Projects, Los Angeles, CA (July 13-August 24, 2024)
  • {{cite web|title=Blue Chin|url=false|author=Wendy Red Star|year=2023|access-date=30 May 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2024.170.2