From the Sketchbooks of T.C.

The Case Trading Post presents

From the Sketchbooks of T.C.

The Case Trading Post

at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian 505-982-4636 ext. 110 or 800-607-4636 ext. 110 casetradingpost@wheelwright.org www.wheelwright.org/shop Please call for availability. Due to the rarity of and interest in the work, there will be no holds. All sales final. Work sold as is. No returns.

Unsigned works will come with a signed document from the T.C. Cannon Estate.

Cover image: Self Portrait in Green by T.C. Cannon Catalog designed by Neebinnaukzhik Southall

From the Sketchbooks of T.C. Talented, ahead of his time, iconic – words that can be used to describe Tommy Wayne “T.C.” Cannon. His interesting life led to his depth of work and the variety of subjects he portrayed. Although his life was way too short, his work keeps his memory living on.

I am pleased to present this special summer show From the Sketchbooks of T.C. and honored to be working with the T.C. Cannon Estate, managed by his sister Joyce Cannon Yi. I am very grateful to Joyce for allowing me to present the works of one of my artist icons – a huge icon in Native American art. Over the years, T.C.’s works have become exceedingly hard to come by. Joyce has allowed me to choose the grouping you see here, a rare glimpse into the realm that T.C. portrayed. Everything from his serious side of figurative imagery and atom bombs, down to the whimsical aspects such as quick sketches of cats and shrimp, shows T.C.’s imagination and mind. This body of work is fun, yet serious, and in my opinion, way cool!

I hope you will find a piece that suits your collection and will be treasured for many years to come. Please enjoy, and feel free to contact us to help select one, or two, or five for you!

With excitement and regards, Ken Williams Manager, Case Trading Post

Tee Cee What can I say about this charismatic figure that burst onto the art scene and changed it to a new and different way of expression?

This person with whom I grew up. Who I saw had a talent for painting even at an early age. A person winning or placing in whichever contest he entered.

But it was at the Institute of American Indian Arts that his career and his style really evolved. He and his contemporaries at I.A.I.A. changed the art world as it was and made it their own. He portrayed the modern Indian in visual art – something new that art collectors were looking for. It was at I.A.I.A. that he painted his ground-breaking piece of art titled Mama and Papa Have the Going Home to Shiprock Blues, portraying the Native American in sun glasses, legs crossed, and smoking a cigarette.

He made his mark not only in the art world, but as a warrior in the 101st Airborne. It was at the Tet Offensive he distinguished himself and was awarded two Bronze Stars, the Vietnam Medal of Valor, as well as other medals.

Unfortunately not all things last, and on May 8, 1978, he was in an automobile accident that took his life at the age of 31.

He had a wish to go to Paris and paint with the other artists. I’m sure had he lived, he would have fulfilled that dream. He had so much more to give us. This brilliant artist, scholar, musician, and poet left behind a treasure trove of works that have inspired this generation and generations to come. Who knows what might have come from that brilliant mind of his that was going 24/7? A motion picture writer, a professor at some university, sharing his knowledge with others?

I’m sure whatever he chose to do, it would have been glorious.

Joyce Cannon Yi

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Self Portrait in Front of Village with Atomic Bomb Watercolor on paper Framed. Visible area: 19" x 24" Price available on request

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Atom Bomb

Various colored markers on paper Signed “Cannon 73�

Framed. Visible area: 5" x 7" Price available on request

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When a Child...

Various colored markers with typed poem on yellow graph paper Signed “Cannon 73�

Matted. Visible area: 7 1/4" x 9 3/4" $4,000 | 12981

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Village with Bomb (Study)

Various colored markers on paper Unsigned Matted. Visible area: 12 1/2" x 15 1/4" $3,000 | 12987

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Self Portrait with Heart

Ink on paper Signed “Standing Sun 72”: refers to TC’s Kiowa name.

Visible area: 8" x 10 1/2"

In One Ear and Gone Tomorrow Ink on paper Unsigned Visible area: 8" x 11 1/2" Double matted set: $5,200 | 12991

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Self Portrait in 1965

Ink on paper Signed “Cannon 73�

Matted. Visible area: 5" x 7" $2000 | 12986

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Self Portrait in Green

Various inks on green graph paper Unsigned Matted. Visible area: 7 3/4" x 10 3/4" $3000 | 12980

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Self Portrait

Blue ink on paper Signed “Cannon 70” 8" x 10 1/2" $1,000 | 12998

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Margot-within-without Santa Fe Ink on paper Signed “Cannon 75�

Matted. Visible area: 7 1/2" x 10" $4,000 | 13040

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A Snow Before a Summer Sun

Watercolor, pencil, and ink on paper Unsigned Framed. Visible area: 14" x 13" $3,500 | 13034

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Indian Woman with Apron

Ink on paper Signed “Cannon 76” Framed. Visible area: 4 1/2" x 7 1/2" $3,000 | 13032

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Picking Apples

Watercolor on paper Unsigned Framed. Visible area: 11" x 8" $3,000 | 13035

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Double Figure Study

Pencil on paper Matted. Visible area: 8 1/4" x 5" $2,500 | 12990

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Captive Woman

Red ink on paper Signed “Cannon 73�

Matted. Visible area: 7 3/4" x 11 1/2" $2,200 | 13027

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Lady

Pencil on paper Signed “Cannon 76” 8 1/2" x 12" $1,000 | 13016

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Indian in Blue

Blue and black ink on paper Unsigned Framed. Visible area: 5 1/4" x 8" $800 | 13029

Woman Lu Luing Ink on paper Unsigned 7" x 8" $600 | 13026

Two Ladies

Ink on paper Unsigned 5 1/4" x 8 1/4" $300 | 12996

19 Woman

Ink on paper Signed “Cannon 75” Page size: 10" x 13 1/2" (Image of woman is on the bottom portion of the paper) $300 | 12997

Three Women

Ink on paper Signed “Cannon 77” 8" x 10 1/2" $300 | 13006

Lady

Ink on paper Signed “Cannon 76” 8 1/4" x 10 1/2" $150 | 13018

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Sun Dance Skull

Ink on paper Unsigned Matted. Visible area: 11" x 13 1/2" $4,000 | 12984

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Sun Dancer

Ink on paper Unsigned Matted. Visible area: 8" x 10 1/4" $4,000 | 12983

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Mural study, later study set

These are for a large mural T.C. did later in life.

Sundancer on top Ink on paper Unsigned Visible area: 8" x 10" Pencil on paper Unsigned Visible area: 11 1/2" x 5 1/2" Double matted set: $2,200 | 12989

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Man on Stuffed Chair

Ink on paper Signed “Cannon 76” Framed. Visible area: 5" x 7 3/4" $4,000 | 13039

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Man with Bird Hat

Pencil and ink on paper Signed “Cannon 73�

Framed. Visible area: 8 1/4" x 11 1/2" $2,500 | 13038

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Brothers

Pencil on paper Unsigned Matted. Visible area: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" $2,000 | 13028

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Man with Feather

Ink on paper Signed “Cannon 77” 8" x 10 1/2" $1,000 | 12992

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Study for Collector #2

Ink on paper Signed “Cannon 73” Framed. Visible area: 7 3/8" x 11" $1,000 | 13033

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Man with Buffalo Headdress Blue ink on paper Unsigned 8 1/4" x 10 1/2" $400 | 12993

Brown Circles – Man Running Ink and marker on paper Unsigned 8 1/4" x 10 3/4" $250 | 13009

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Sundancers

Blue and black ink on paper Unsigned 8" x 10 3/4" $250 | 13015

Boy on Blue

Ink on blue construction paper Signed “Canon 66” 9" x 12" $150 | 13017

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Bigfoot in Snow

Pencil with quote in ink on paper Signed “Cannon 69�

Visible area: 10 1/2" x 7 1/4"

Death on TV

Colored pens on paper Unsigned Visible area: 8" x 7 3/4" Double matted set: $5,000 | 12988

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Bob Dylan

Ink on paper Signed “Cannon 75” 9" x 8 1/4" $1,500 | 13025

Dylan and Chicken

Ink on paper Signed “Cannon 72” 14" x 17" $250 | 13021

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Cherubs

Ink on paper Signed “Cherubs Cannon 75” 8" x 10 3/4" $400 | 12994

Universe sketch with poem Ink on paper Unsigned 8" x 10 3/4" $400 | 13000

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Mural study for a center in Seattle Ink on paper Unsigned 8 1/4" x 10 3/4" $250 | 13010

Soldiers study for a larger painting Ink on paper with notes written Unsigned 8 1/2" x 12" $700 | 13024

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Figure of Man with Lyrics

Pencil on paper with written lyrics Signed “Cannon 70” 8 3/4" x 11 3/4" $400 | 13007

Earl Biss and Woman Ink on paper Unsigned 8 1/2" x 10 1/2" $300 | 12999

Man in Mirror

Ink on paper Signed “Cannon 67” 9" x 12" $250 | 13041

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Baby in Cradle

Ink on paper Signed “Cannon 76” 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" $300 | 12995

Teddy Bear

Ink on paper Unsigned 8 1/4" x 10 1/2" $100 | 13002

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Shrimp

Various colored markers on paper Unsigned 8 1/4" x 10 3/4" $150 | 13014

Kiowa

Pencil on paper Unsigned 8 1/4" x 10 1/2" $150 | 13008

Medals...

Ink on paper Signed “Cannon 73�

12" x 8 1/2" $200 | 13001

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Cats

Ink on paper Unsigned 8" x 10 1/2" $100 | 13011

Cats

Green and red markers on paper Unsigned 8" x 10 3/4" $100 | 13012

Cat Manure As a Point of Reference

Colored ink and pencil on paper Signed “Cannon 73�

7 3/4" x 11 3/4" $150 | 13013

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Heart Kite #1

Pencil, watercolor, and gold metallic paint on paper Signed “Cannon 77�

Matted. Visible area: 8" x 10 1/2" $4,000 | 12985

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Indian Saddles

Red marker on paper Signed “Cannon 73�

Matted. Visible area: 8 1/4" x 11" $4,000 | 12982

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Abstract Landscape

Various colored markers on paper Signed “Cannon 74” Matted. Visible area: 12" x 15” $3,500 | 12978

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Stars and Dots

Ink on paper Signed “Cannon 74�

Matted. Visible area: 8 1/4" x 10 3/4" $3,500 | 12979

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Abstract with Red Dot

Watercolor and ink on paper Signed “Cannon 72” 13 3/4" x 17" $550 | 13020

Abstract – Blue

Ink on paper Signed “Cannon 70” 8 1/4" x 10 3/4" $300 | 13004

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Abstract

Pencil on paper Signed “Cannon 74” 8" x 11" $300 | 13005

House with Red

Pen, marker, and watercolor on tracing paper Signed “TC Cannon 67” 8 1/2" x 11" $200 | 13019

Pink Circles

Pencil and marker on paper Signed “Cannon 74” 8 1/4" x 10 3/4" $150 | 13003

T.C. Cannon, Kiowa-Caddo painter (September 27, 1946 – May 8, 1978).

Photo by Herbert Lotz. Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian archives.

T. C. Cannon’s exhibition at the Wheelwright Museum, summer 1976. Photo by Herbert Lotz. Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian archives.

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