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Mark Pascale (Editor), Esther Adler (Editor), Édouard Kopp (Editor)
Description: Joseph E. Yoakum: What I Saw
Joseph E. Yoakum: What I Saw
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Note: works by those other than Joseph E. Yoakum are found under the artist’s name.
Abernathy, Sylvia, 53
aerial perspective, 40
African American heritage, 50–55, 60–63, 222n13. See also racial and ethnic heritage and identity
African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists (AfriCOBRA), 60, 63
An Alaskan Passenger Sail Boat While in Vancouver British Columbia Canada (cat. 62), 167, pl. 72
All Tribes American Indian Center, 57n34, 71–72
Allen, Jane, 16, 54
Altheia Gibson Our Champion Tennis Star 1961, 218
Amenoff, Gregory, 40
American Folk Art Museum, 17
American Zeppolin Flight from New York City to Paris France in Year 1939 (cat. 1), 147, pl. 53
Andes Mtn Range La Paz Bolevia, 216
anthropomorphic elements, 40, 41, 55, 78, 216, 220–21
The Apalachicola River near Bluntstown Florida, 215
Arabian Desert near Sudi Arabia (cat. 86), 91, 92, 151, pl. 56, 215
Art Institute of Chicago, 38, 210. See also School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
“art of the insane,” 24n18
Ash Grove, MO, 28, 80, 82
Atkins, Jacqueline M., 41
The Attraction of All Wanders Which Is Located in Central Australia I Have Seen Them Twice My Self from Workbook B (cat. 43), 78–80, 205, pl. 115
autobiography, visual and textual, 80
Back Where I Were Born 2/20-1888 AD (cat. 2), 66, 99, pl. 1, 219, 222n3
Baum, Don, 17
Bay Wood Park Sub Division on Moro Bay at San Luis Obispo in San Luis Obispo County California (cat. 3), 159, pl. 64
Baywood Park Sub Division Los Osos Valley Baywood Park San Luis Obispo County Cal, 54, 216–17, 220
Baywood Park Sub Division on Mora Bay at San Luis Obispo in San Luis Obispo County California, 220
Baywood Park subdivision, California, 53–54, 54
Beaver Head Mts of Bitter Root Range Monatana, 216
Bessie Smith Cousin to Mamie 1924 Dallas Blues Singer, 53, 53
Beulah Dudley 1st Negro Woman to Win Golff Record in Year 1927 (cat. 4), 181, pl. 87
Big Hole Pass Jackson Montana (cat. 57), 94, 94, 105, pl. 8
Bitter Root Range near Boise Idaho (cat. 99), 126, pl. 30
Black Arts Movement, South Side of Chicago, 16, 60, 63
“Black Cherokees.” See Cherokee freedmen
Blackshear, Kathleen, 17–18
Blue Mounds of Western Kansas, 219
Bonesteel, Michael, 36
Brand, Tom, 17
Breck Girl (cat. 5), 71, 182, pl. 88
Brenner Pass Austrian and Italian Divide, 217
Bronzeville neighborhood, Chicago, 46, 50, 53
Brown, Roger, 17–18, 20, 31, 42, 82
D-Yard Attica, 18
built structures, 54
Burroughs, Charles, 60
Burroughs, Margaret, 60
Cacasus Mtn Range USSR—Russia (cat. 109), 102, pl. 4
Candy Store Gallery, Folsom, CA, 22, 23, 31
Canright, Sarah, 20–21
Carbon C, #1 Amazone Valles West of Brazilli Brazille SO America, 223n31
Cardinal, Roger, 37, 223n33
Carlson, Cynthia, 17, 20–21, 31
Carstensz Mts New Guinea, 94
Catlett, Elizabeth, 60
Cavalry Mountain (cat. 6), 118, pl. 21
Cavalry Mountain Southeast Asia, 222n20
Central Portion of Grand Canyons Ground Floor Space in Arizona Section, 217
“ceramics” (statuettes), 211, 222n9
Chatna River through Mt Cook in Southern Alps near Christchurch New Zealand, 218
Cherokee freedmen, 66
Cherokee heritage, 28, 43n28, 66, 70–71, 73n8. See also racial and ethnic heritage and identity
Chicago
Black Arts Movement, South Side, 16, 60, 63
Bronzeville neighborhood, 46, 50, 53
Eighth Church of Christ, Scientist, 46, 48
Hyde Park Art Center, 17
Maxwell Street Market, 18
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 32, 32
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), 17–18, 32, 63
South Side Community Art Center (SSCAC), 50, 60
South Side of, 60
Wabash Transit Gallery, SAIC, 21, 32
Wall of Respect (OBAC), 52, 53, 60
The Whole, 16, 17, 30, 31
Yoakum’s relationships with artists in, 17–21
Yoakum’s residences, 30, 30, 50, 51, 60, 76, 211–12
Chicago Imagists, 17–18, 42, 54, 60
Chieff Gray Eagle Squaw Wife Ogalla of Jicarilla Tribe Reservation North of Concord New Hampshire (cat. 7), 71, 186, pl. 93, 219
Chinese painting, 216, 222n26
Chorro Valley Sanluis Obispo County Paso Robles California (cat. 63), 114, pl. 17
Christian Science, 46–50. See also religion and spirituality
circuses, traveling, 28, 66–67, 210
Clark and Lewis Mtn near Dover Alaska in Head Point, of Continental Divide across West Canada into Montana USA May 29 1968, 88, 89
Clark and Lews Mtn, 220
Cliff 400 Hayward Wis., 91
cloud motifs, 216
Cole, Thomas, 42
color, 38, 77, 89–91, 217
Cooke, Lynne, 49
“copyrighted” works, 21, 41, 212, 220
Coulee Dam on Columbia River near Olympia Wash (cat. 50), 130, pl. 34
Crater Head Mtn in Andes Mtn Range near Santiag Chile South America (cat. 64), 132, pl. 37
Crater Head Mtns of Honolula Hawaiia (cat. 8), 135, pl. 40
Crater Head Mts of Honolula Hawaiia (cat. 47), 134, pl. 39
Crater Range San Salvador Peru (cat. 9), 103, pl. 6
Craterhead Mountain of Hiawaii, 91, 215
Crator Bowl Winter Haven Fla, 217
A Cyclone in Action at Iola Kansas in Year of 1920 (cat. 10), 43n22, 144, pl. 49
The Cyclone That Struck Susanville California in Year of 1903 (cat. 65), 43n22, 145, pl. 50, 216
dating stamp, 219
Davies, Jordan, 17
Deming Suburb of New Mexico (cat. 11), 68, 141, pl. 45
DePasse, Derrel B., 67–68, 83n16, 92
Dividing Ridge Bolling Green MO, 88
Don Baum Says “Chicago Needs Famous Artists” exhibition (Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 1969), 32, 32, 230
Donaldson, Jeff, 53
Doss, Erika, 50
Douglas Kenyon Gallery, 23, 32, 32, 76, 83n16
Drinking Comfort Stool of Ex King of England from Workbook A, 82, 82
Dubuffet, Jean, 24n18
Durham, Evonne H., 15
DuSable Museum of African American History, 50, 60
Dwarf Falls in West Coast Mtn Range British Columbia Canada, 217
earth as subject, 40–41
Eddy, Mary Baker, 45, 46–50, 211
Edward Sherbeyn Gallery shows (1968, 1969), 17, 17, 21, 31, 212
Eighth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago, 46, 48
Ella Fitzgerald Moovie Star (cat. 12), 63, 182, pl. 89
Ellison, Ralph, 45
English Channel between Southampton England and Le Havre France (cat. 66), 166, pl. 71, 216
EP Leverest in Himilaya Mtn Range near Gyangtse East India Asia (cat. 67), 154, pl. 59
Ethel Waters Lucille Haggerman Claments of Backwater Blues in Year 1922, 219
Ethel Watters Composer of Back Water Blues in 1921, 218
Extremely Seenes near This Mountain Mt Olive #2 from Workbook B (cat. 43), 205, pl. 118
Fay King Wife of Battleing Nelson an Opponant to Joe Ganns Light Weight Pugilist Champion in Year 1908, 219
The First Discovery of Flying Saucer over Arizona in September 1944, 213
The First Steam Engine to Be Assigned to the Service of the Kansas City Ft Scott and Memphis . . . in Year of 1901 (cat. 100), 110, pl. 12
Flood, Ed, 20, 23
Flowering Pine Tree in Sirrea Navada Strip North East California, 216
Flying Saucer in 1958 (cat. 13), 146, pl. 51
The Flying Saucer in 1958 (cat. 101), 146, pl. 52
flying saucer stories and motif, 213
Fraenkel, Richard, 21, 23, 24n29
Gardner, Helen, 17
Gascanade River Passing by the Town of Newburg Missouri on St Louis and Sanfrancisco Rail Way (cat. 46), 116, pl. 19
Gauguin, Paul, 38
geology, graphic, 40–41
Grand Coulee Dam motif, 50
Grand Coulee Dam in Columbia River near Olympia Washington (cat. 102), 131, pl. 36
Grand Coulee Dam on Columbia River Washington Stat (cat. 103), 130, pl. 35
Granet Mts near Nome Alaska, 220
Granit Center Mound in Rockey Range near Nome Alaska (cat. 14), 190–91, pl. 97, 217
The Great Black Bass Dam in Sace River at Ash Grove Missouri This Is Booth Beautiful and Pleasarful, 78
Great Falls Montana Falls Are in Mission River (cat. 87), 171, pl. 77
The Great Mtn Range near Canberra Australia (cat. 68), 54, 102, pl. 5
Great White Throne Zion National Park Angles Landing Utah, 218
Grizzly Gulch Valley Ohansburg Vermont (cat. 58), 38, 115, pl. 18, 226
Ground Floor of Grand Canyon Colorado River near Arizona State Line (cat. 69), 54, 142, pl. 46, 219, 221
Gunn, Lorri, 17, 18, 20, 23, 31
Guthrie, Derek, 16, 54
Hairy Who, 17, 18
Halstead, Whitney, 19
on hidden imagery, 78
“Joseph E. Yoakum,” 208–23
on methods and materials, 86, 87, 91, 214–15, 217–18
on “Navajoe” identity, 50–52, 209
periodization of Yoakum’s work, 86, 213–19
physical description of Yoakum, 67, 209–10
relationship with Yoakum, 17–23, 209
on sketchbooks, 76, 220
on spiritual unfoldment, 46, 213, 220
on Yoakum’s faith, 48, 213
on Yoakum’s last years, 80, 218
on Yoakum’s memories and tales, 80, 209
Yoakum’s Penn State exhibition and, 24n29
Hanford Desert Pasco Washington (cat. 15), 122, pl. 26
Hanson, Philip, 20
on methods and materials, 91–92
recollections of, 52, 54
relationship with Yoakum, 17–18, 23, 31, 48
Harold Beaman Known as Chick First Lineman and Major Commedian with Wm. McCabe and Faimous Georgia Minstril Shows from 1902 to 1923 (cat. 104), 184, pl. 91
Hazel, Tempestt, 53
Hemphill, Herbert Waide Jr., 17
hidden imagery, 40, 41, 78
High Way #281 in Eastern Portion of California through Mojave Desert (cat. 88), 148–49, pl. 54
Hill Seens at Harrisburg Illinois, 218
The Hills of Old Wyoming in the Valley of the Moon near Town of Codie Wyoming, 221
Hobgood, John, 17, 30, 67
Holly Hills of Canaan, 214
The Home of Cole Younger Bonner Springs Missouri, 221
The Home of Wm F Cody Buffalo Bill near Town of North Platt Nebraska (cat. 51), 137, pl. 41
Hudson River School, 42
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, 17
Imagists, Chicago, 17–18, 42, 54, 60
In Bitterroot Mtns Montana in Northwestern Montana, 220
In Rockey Mtn Range British Columbia Canida Fort Steele B.C., 216
inscriptions (titles)
about, 41–42
dates and times, 82
Halstead on, 219–20
Missouri place names, 80
personal notes, 82, 219–20
in sketchbooks, 78, 80, 82
Iron Mtn on Lake Kissimnee near Lake Wales Florida, 215
Jarrell, Wadsworth, 53
Jehol Mtn in Kuntsing Mtn Range near Tsingkin Proviance China Asia (cat. 70), 89, 153, pl. 58
Jerinoth Hill Range (?) near Providence Rhode Island, 214
Jessie Willard 2nd Challenge to Champion Fight with Jack Johnson for Worlds Heavy Weight Prize Fighting Champion Ship in Year 1917 and in 1921 (cat. 71), 53, 61, 61–62, 185, pl. 92, 219
Johnson, Jack, 61
Jones-Hogu, Barbara, 53, 60
Josaphine Baker 2nd to Mahalia Jackson as Gospal Soprano Singer, 219
Joseph Yoakum: Drawings exhibition (Douglas Kenyon Gallery, 1972), 32, 83n16
Julian, Ernestine, 23
Julian, John, 23
Julian, Myrtle, 28, 29, 33n20
Kenyon, Douglas, 23, 32, 76, 83n16
Kind, Phyllis, 23
Lake El Cpatan Pine Valley Descanos Cal, 214
Lake of the Ozarks near Marshall Missouri (cat. 16), 173, pl. 79
landscape genre
earth as subject and hidden figures, 40–41
firsthand experience and dreamscapes, 36–37
imagined space, 38–40
inscriptions, identity, and, 41–42
line and color, 37–38
locations, 80, 214
Native American landscapes and art, 67–70
religion, poetic truth, and charge of fabulation, 49–50
in sketchbooks, 77–78
stylistic framework, 37
visionary impulse and, 42
Lebanon Mts. near Sidon Phoenicia Asia, 49
Light Tower on Biscay Bay St Nazaire France, 216
line work, 37, 37–38, 38, 77, 215
linear perspective, 18, 40
Linhares, Philip, 23
The Little Brown Church in the Wild Woods Ohio, 90
Logan Pass Mt Cleveland Montana Lewis Range, 94, 94
Long Lance, Buffalo Child (Sylvester Long), 66–67, 67
Lucille Ball of Ringling Bros Circus Minnstrell Show in Year of 1916–17, 219
Lucille Haggamon 1st End Lady with Williams and Walkers Minstrall Show in Year 1901, 218
Luella Ocondo Secretery of American Indian Center (cat. 72), 71, 183, pl. 90
Mark, Norman, 17, 30, 46–48, 47, 222n7
Massichute Pleasure Land near City of Boston Mass. from Workbook C (cat. 44), 203, pl. 111
The Master of All Such Testing of This Class of Work, 77
materials. See methods and materials media, 37–38, 87–90, 89, 217–18
memory lapses and slippages, 80–82, 209
methods and materials
color, 38, 77, 89–91, 217
Halstead on, 86, 87, 91, 214–15, 217–18
line work, 37, 37–38, 38, 77, 215
media, 37–38, 87–90, 89, 217
papers, 76–77, 214–15
redrafts, 21, 63, 92–94, 220
sketchbooks, 86–87
varnish coatings, 38, 91–92, 215
Mid Portion of Florida Mtn Range near Santafe New Mexico (cat. 73), 140, pl. 44
Missouri locations and towns, 80
Monongahelia River Falls near River Side West Virginia (cat. 89), 113, pl. 16
Monongahelia River Falls near Riverside West Virginia (cat. 17), 112, pl. 15, 220
Montezuma, Carlos, 70, 73n27
“Bonita Wa Wa Calachaw Nuñez,” 71
moon motif, 216
Moon Run Valley in Pugget Sounds of Idaho near Caspernez Idaho, 221
Moon Valley Mtn in Pugget Sounds near Columbia Sounds Washington (cat. 18), 192, pl. 99
Moon Valley Mtn in Pugget Sounds near Columbia Sounds Washington (inscribed as “patron”), 217
Moovie Actress and Actor Lucille Haggerman Died in Air Crash with Rudolph Valentina near Hollywood California in 1920, 218
Mooving Water Mountain Fine near Chillicothia Missouri on Asher Creek River at at Marchfield MO from Workbook D (cat. 45), 203, pl. 112
Moro Rock and Morro Bay near San-Luis Obispo Californid (cat. 54), 156–57, pl. 61
Morris, Randall, 41
Motley, Archibald J., 63
Stomp, 62
The Mounds of Cenery for All Day Pleasure and Return at the End of the Day Wandering Why You Were Mooving All Day and the Cause of Tireness Were Not Expected by No Visiting This Place from Workbook B, 78, 79
Mount Calvary (cat. 19), 118, pl. 22
mountain motifs, 215–16, 218, 223n34
Mrs Eugene Colliar Playing as Man in the Cleveland Theator, 78
Mt Amaro of South Central near Rome Italy SW Europe, 218
Mt Annaconda in Annaconda Mtn Range near by Annaconda Montana (cat. 90), 206–7, pl. 119
Mt Atzmon on Border of Lebanon and Palestine SE. A. (cat. 74), 50, 67–68, 195, pl. 102
Mt Baykal of Yablonvy Mtn Range near Ulan-Ude near Lake Baykal of Lower Siberia Russia E Asia (cat. 75), 194, pl. 101, 216
Mt Blessing Game (cat. 20), 199, pl. 105, 218
Mt Blissing All, in Ozark Mtn Range Starting from Hannibal Missouri 80
Miles Westward of St Louis Missouri North and West from Workbook D (cat. 45), 202, pl. 109
Mt Blissing Game of Dade County of That County at the Village Named Dadeville Town Missouri from
Workbook B, 82, 82
Mt Brahmoi Nassau Bahama Island (cat. 91), 106, pl. 9
Mt Brock of Air Cave Pass near Carson City Nevada (cat. 21), 104, pl. 7
Mt Calvalery near Jeruselam in SO East Asia (cat. 22), 119, pl. 23
Mt Cavalary near Jerusalem and Bethelam Palestine SE Asia, 222n20
Mt Cavalry near Bethleham Judea of South East Asia, 222n20
Mt Cloubelle Jamaca of West India (cat. 76), 40, 40, 143, pl. 48, 221
Mt Colbart of Nome Alaska (cat. 48), 150, pl. 55
Mt Elk in Rainy Mtn Range near Lawton Oklahoma (cat. 77), 110, pl. 13
Mt Ever Gain Valley at Rushstead Oregon nor West of State from Workbook D (cat. 45), 203, pl. 113
Mt Everest of Himilayan Mtn Range in Height 28027 in Nepal Distric of East India Asia, 67, 68
Mt Everest the Worlds Highest Mtn 29028 Ft near Town of Katmandu in Himalaya Mtn Range in India East Asia of Nepal Sector, 220
Mt. Fitzroy Santa Cruz Argentina, 94
Mt Godwinanstem in Karakoram Range near Asrinagar E India in Asia (cat. 23), 197, pl. 104
Mt Grazian in Maritime Alps near Emonaco Tunnel France and Italy by Tunnel (cat. 59), 46, 152, pl. 57
Mt Hawks Hill in Massanutten Mtn Range near Etlaw Virginia, 216
Mt Horeb Palestine, 215
Mt Katmai of Katmai National Mtn Range near Kodiak Alaska nor U.S.A., 216
Mt Kunahuanui in Koolaulo Island on Oahu Island of Hawaiian Isalnds near Honolulu, 215
Mt Liotian in Greater Khiangian Mtn Range near Tritsihar Deep Southern China East Asia, 38, 38, 222n27
Mt Loving a Mtn in New Mexico near Town Open Blossom from Workbook D, 78, 78, 223n34
Mt Makkah near Village Mecca of Sudi Arabia SE Asia (cat. 78), 129, pl. 33
Mt Monte Rosa of Penion Alps near Chasco Italy SW Europe, 217
Mt National in Grand Canyon National Range in Grand Canyon National Park at Tuweep Arizona U.S.A., 216
Mt Negi in Transylvania Alps near Ufagris Romania SE E, 39, 217
Mt of the Holy Cross in Park Range near Basalt near Colorado Red Clay Mounds, 217
Mt Patterson Knob in National Mtn Park near Chattanooga Tennessee, 216
Mt Pikes Peak the Mtn of Pleasure near Colorado Springs Colorado Highest Foot Bridge in U.S.A. (cat. 24), 155, pl. 60, 216
Mt Popocatepel of Sra Madre Occidental Range near Mexico City C.M. (cat. 60), 162, pl. 66
Mt Puyed Dome near Clermont France WE (Some Where in France Theres a Lily?) (cat. 79), 43n17, 178–79, pl. 85
Mt Rebo of Rockey Mtn Range in Continental Divid Strip of Alberta Canada, 216
Mt Shasta of Coast Range near McCloud California, 215–16
Mt Sinaii at Sea Port on Gulf of Aquaba near Dhant al Haii of Saudi Arabia in Asia (cat. 80), 192, pl. 98
Mt Snow Down in Cambrian Mtn near Denbigh Wales Sector England, 215
Mt Suliwulai in Kunlun Mtn Era near Chiuchuan of East Central China East Asia (cat. 25), 196, pl. 103, 218
Mt Tara Piva near Bilfel Montenegro Proviance in Yugoslavia E and Asia (cat. 92), 169, pl. 74
Mt Thousand Lakes in Bryce Canyon National Park near Hawksville Utah (cat. 93), 128, pl. 32
Mt Tingra Khan of Run Lun Mtn Range near Akosu in Sinkiang Sector of SE China, 218, 221
Mt Way Way Home of North Decotta from Workbook D (cat. 45), 200, pl. 106
Mt Whitney Highest in Nevada Mtn Range of North East California, 36
Mt Wrangell near Fairbanks Alaska, 219
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 24n15, 32, 32
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), 17, 60 Penthouse Gallery exhibition (1971), 23, 32
“‘My Drawings Are a Spiritual Unfoldment’” (Mark), 30, 46–48, 47, 212
Nabis artist group, 38
Nat King Cole (cat. 26), 180, pl. 86
Nat King Cole Roveing Comedian and Entertainer Age and Birth Place Not Sure, 219
Native American identity. See racial and ethnic heritage and identity
Navajo landscapes and art, 67–70
Navajo Mtn in North East Corner of State of Arizona near Village of Keyenta Arizona on Navajo Indian Reservation, 70, 70
“Nava-joe” identity, 23, 50–53, 63, 66–67, 72
Near Phittip Minn from Workbook A (cat. 42), 204, pl. 114
Nilsson, Gladys, 17, 22, 31, 52
nonrepresentational form, periodic transition into, 77
Nuñez, Bonita Wa Wa Calachaw, 70, 70, 71
Nutt, Jim, 17–23, 22, 31, 36, 50–52
An Official Train on Santife Rail Road Entering Belle Plains Arizona (cat. 27), 111, pl. 14, 218
Ogden Park Convalescent Home, Englewood, 32, 55, 76, 77
On My Own Fathers Farm While Yet Living Owning 60 Acroes of Farm at Willard Missouri 1840 Sold by Emma Francis Yoakum Yoakum Mother of the Family Children from Workbook A, 80, 81
On Navajo Indian Reservation Arizona, 68–70, 69, 216
The Only Woman Ruler of Assirea Asia, 219
The Only Woman Ruler of Assirea Asia SE, 219
The Only Woman Ruler of Assirea S Asia SE, 222n23
The Open Gate to the West in Rockey Mtn Range near Pueblo Colorado (cat. 81), 37, 193, pl. 100
Organization of Black American Culture (OBAC), 52, 53, 54
Otto, Richard, 53
Ozark Range Ark, 94
Ozark Range at Kirkwood Missouri West Suburb of St Louis Mt Dillon (cat. 94), 49, 127, pl. 31
Ozarks of Missouri, 66, 80
Panama Canal Zone Range, 216
Panofsky, Erwin, 40
papers, 86–87, 214–15
Parks, Gordon, 60
“patron” (pattern) drawings, 21, 23, 92, 220
Pennsylvania State University, 21, 24n29
perspective, 18, 38, 40, 217
Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA), 83n16
Phyllis Kind Gallery, 23
physiognomicisation, 220–21
“pleasure,” 78
political activism, Yoakum’s views on, 52
portraits, 180–89, pls. 86–96
dating of, 222n28
Halstead on, 214, 218–19
race and, 61–63, 70–71
sketchbooks and, 78
postcards, 40, 41, 78
Poverty Hollar in Ozark Mts near Luck Green County Missouri (cat. 110), 142, pl. 47
Powell, Delores, 95n2
Prainian, Harvey, 17
Prairie Mounds in Western Iowa on Chicago Milwauke and St Paul R.Y. (cat. 53), 41, 108–9, pl. 11, 222n25
Puget Soun Cascad Range (cat. 55), 170, pl. 76
racial and ethnic heritage and identity
African American heritage, Yoakum’s attitude toward, 50–55, 60–63, 222n13
animism and, 41
“Black Cherokees.” See Cherokee freedmen boundaries of race and class, rejection of, 55
Cherokee freedmen, 66
Cherokee heritage, 28, 43n28, 66, 70–71, 73n8
Ella Fitzgerald Moovie Star and, 63
Jessie Willard 2nd Challenge and, 61–62
Motley and, 63
Native American landscapes and art, Yoakum and, 67–70
Native Americans, push-back from, 71–72
“Nava-joe” identity, 23, 50–53, 63, 66–67, 72
sacred landscapes and, 43n28
signing, being rooted in the land, and, 41–42
Yoakum’s absence from SSCAC, 60
Rain Bow Brdge Utah (cat. 30), 124, pl. 28
Rain Bow Bridge in in Bryce Canyon National Park near Henriville Utah (cat. 105), 125, pl. 29
Ramberg, Christina, 17–18, 20, 23, 31, 52, 71–72, 80
Ranch #101 Red Cloud Nebraska (cat. 29), 138, pl. 42
Red Mtn and Red Cloud Pass near Continental Reservoy near Lake City New Mexico, 95n15
redrafts, 21, 63, 92–94, 220
religion and spirituality
animistic beliefs and pantheistic perspective, 41
Christian Science, 46–50
God, 46, 49–50, 213
remembrance, spiritual, 48, 50
sacred landscapes, 41, 43n28
“spiritual unfoldment,” 41, 46–50, 213, 220, 223n32
remembrance, spiritual, 48, 50
Rilke, Rainer Maria, 37
River Missouri from Montana to Missouri State, 216
road motifs, 216–17
A Rock in the Baltic Sea near Stockholm Sweden E. Europe (cat. 61), 161, pl. 65, 215
Rock of Gibraltar (cat. 106), 168, pl. 73, 215
Rockey Mts British Columbia Canada (cat. 31), 87, 139, pl. 43
Rockford College, 21
Roger Brown Study Center, 32
Rousseau, Henri “Le Douanier,” 24n14, 42, 209
ruler, rejection of, 54
San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI), 23
San Jaquan Valley of San-Luis-Obispo County near San-luis-Obispo, 217
Sand Dunes, Arabian Desert (cat. 95), 121, pl. 25, 215
Sand Dunes in Arabian Desert Sudi Arabia, 217
Saw Toot Mtn Montana (cat. 107), 107, pl. 10
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), 17–18, 32, 63
Wabash Transit Gallery, 21, 32
Science and Health (Eddy), 46–50, 211
The Sea of Galilee near Nazareth Palestine, 216
Section #2 of Florida Mtns Range near Deming New Mexico, 69
Sedalia, MO, 80
A Seen between Carthage and Joplin MO, 215, 221
Sequiotta Park Springfield Missouri, 216
Shallow Vain Coal Strip in Missouri near Columbia MO, 50
Sherbeyn, Edward, 17, 21, 31
Simon, Pauline, 21, 21, 32
sketchbooks, 55, 76–82, 200, pl. 106, 202–5, pls. 108–118
composition, 77–79
Halstead on, 76, 220
locations, 80
personal notes in, 82
reality, memory, and fiction, slippages between, 80–82
remote travel and, 76
story and visual autobiography in, 80
titles and subjects as departures, 78–80
Yoakum’s final years and, 76, 77
Smith, Lucy, 48
South Side Community Art Center (SSCAC), Bronzeville, 50, 60
space, imagined, 38–40
Spring Little Falls in Spring River near Thayer Missouri in Red Clay Range (cat. 56), 172, pl. 78
Spring River Valley Carthage Missouri, 90
St Clar Oil Refinery on Guantannama Bay Cuba 1910 A.D., 86
storytelling, in sketchbooks, 80
Straits of Messina between Italy and Sicily between Tynhenian and Mediterranean Seas (cat. 96), 165, pl. 70
sun motif, 216
Sylvainia Range Yugoslava (cat. 108), 123, pl. 27
Synthi Walwo the Only Indian Million in U.S. Derived from Oil Well and Refinery in Boley Oklahoma, 71, 71, 89
Syrian Desert Namrath Syria (cat. 32), 120, pl. 24
Tampa Bay at Tampa Florida (cat. 33), 170, pl. 75
Tampa Bay near Port Tampa Florida, 42, 50, 51, 216
These Two Highways Are from California and Seattle Washington Both to Here in Chicago from Workbook B (cat. 43), 205, pl. 117
This Gunboat Were Stationed at Santiago De Cuba on Guantanamo Bay until Beginning of Worlds War One (cat. 34), 164, pl. 69
This Is Mt Columbia Located on Borders of Augusta Maan and Cool Way Canada, 78
This Is My Little School Only 3-Months of All My Life at a Hdw. and Gas Store Were All This Business There That Was My Education Period from Workbook A, 80, 81, 220
This Is of White River near Phoenix Missouri from Workbook D, 76, 76
This Is Our Rememberance of Old Ex President William Jennings Bryan Our 1st Democrat President from Workbook B (cat. 43), 205, pl. 116
This of Moro Bay in Sanluis Obispo County San Luis Obispo California (cat. 82), 158, pl. 63
This of Moro Bay in Sanluis Obispo County Sanluis Obispo California (cat. 35), 158, pl. 62, 220
Three Famous Artists: Gladys Nilsson, Joseph E. Yoakum, Jim Nutt exhibition (Candy Store Gallery, Folsom, CA, 1970), 22
Tishimingo Tunnel near Tishimingo Oklahoma, 215
titles. See inscriptions
tracings (redrafts), 21, 63, 92–94, 220
Trail of Tears, 66
train travel, 68
tree motifs, 216
Tucker, Marcia, 17, 23, 32
Turtle Dove Slew in Suwanee River Wilcox Florida (cat. 36), 162, pl. 67
Twin Crater Mts near Lima Peru (cat. 97), 133, pl. 38
Twin Lakes near Medford Wisconsin, 93
Two Artists: Pauline Simon and Joseph E. Yoakum exhibition (1971), 21, 21, 32
unfoldment, spiritual, 41, 46–50, 213, 220, 223n32
Untitled (cat. 28), 187, pl. 94
Untitled (cat. 37), 201, pl. 107
Untitled from Workbook C, (cat. 44), 202, pl. 110, 202, pl. 108
urban development, depictions of, 53–54
U.S. Route 66 Via Albuquerque New Mexico (cat. 111), 68, 101, pl. 3
visionary impulse, 42
Volcaino Range on West Portion of South Atlantic Ocean and East Portion South Pacific Ocean near Skying Chile South America, 215
Wabash Transit Gallery, SAIC, 21, 32
Wahoo Valley near Holdenville Oklahoma (cat. 52), 174, pl. 80
Waianae Mtn Range Entrance to Pearl Harbor and Honolulu Oahu of Hawaiian Islands (cat. 98), 41, 163, pl. 68, 221
Walker, William, 53
Walking on Alberta Canad Mtn Range, 78
Wall of Respect (OBAC), 52, 53, 60
Walnut Grove, MO, 28, 210
water motifs, 216
watermarks, imitation, 86, 86–87, 87, 95n5
Weeping Pebble motif, 55
The Weeping Pebble at Reno Nevada near Reno City of Nevada from
Workbook A, 55, 55, 218
Weeping Pebble East Side Sirrea Range Nevada (cat. 38), 177, pl. 84
Weeping Pebble Nevada on Lak Shasta (cat. 39), 175, pl. 82
Weeping Pebble of Sirrea Range in Virginia Park Nevada (cat. 83), 176, pl. 83
The Weeping Pebble of Virginia Peek Mtn near Reno Nevada (cat. 49), 174, pl. 81
What I Saw in Alberta B.C. Pacific Coastle Range (cat. 40), 100, pl. 2, 219
White Rock Mtn Face at Luck Missouri, 213–14
Whitney Museum of American Art, 23, 32, 229
The Whole exhibition (Chicago, 1967), 16, 17, 30, 31
Wild West shows, 28, 28, 66–67
The Wildernes of Ages near Bi Rute Lebanon Asia, 214, 218
Wilks Land in East Sector of Antartica Continents on Rose Sea and Ice Shellf Cliffe of the Two Sectors Discovery Since Australia and New Zealand (cat. 84), 117, pl. 20, 214
Willard, Jessie, 61
Willard, MO, 80
Window Rock, AZ, 66, 71–72, 210
Wirsum, Karl, 17, 18, 20, 23, 31
Wisconsin Dells Hayward Wisconsin, 214
The Woman of Assirea 310 BC (cat. 85), 189, pl. 96
The Wonder of Assirea 310 BC (cat. 41), 188, pl. 95
workbooks. See sketchbooks
The World of Joseph E. Yoakum exhibition (Penn State University, 1970), 21, 24n29
World War I, 29, 29, 33n2, 66, 210
Wrangell Mtn Alaska, 220
Yoakum, Floy, 30
Yoakum, Joseph E., 2, 16, 19, 20, 77
artistic career of, 16–17, 21–23
birthplace and date, 28, 33n2, 66, 71–72, 210
Chicago artists, relationships with, 17–21
death of, 23, 32, 210
family history, 66
Halstead’s periodization of, 86, 213–19
health, illnesses, and hospitalizations, 23, 30, 48, 76, 87, 210, 218
marriages and children, 28, 29, 30
memory lapses and slippages, 80–82
number of drawings, 209
occupations, 210
physical description by Halstead, 67, 209–10
racial/ethnic identities of, 23, 41
residences, 30, 30, 50, 51, 60, 76, 211–12
travel by, 68, 210
in traveling circuses and Wild West shows, 28, 66–67, 210
wanderlust of, 36–37, 94
WWI military service, 29, 29, 33n2, 66, 210
See also specific works and exhibitions
Yoakum, Peter, 28
Yocum, Charles, 28
Yocum, Della, 30
Yocum, Emma Frances “Fannie” Wadlow, 28, 66
Yocum, John, 28, 66, 73n6, 73n8, 73n10
Yocum, Laura, 28
Yokum, Lewis Frank, 30
Yokum, Louis H., 28, 30, 67
Yolkum, John, 28, 30, 67
Yolkum, Margaret, 28
Yolkum, William, 28
Yoshida, Ray, 17–23, 19, 24n29, 31
Zorach, Rebecca, 54