Painting

Painted after a print depicting two adult lions standing over a lion cub.

Preparatory study of a man wearing a headdress, necklaces, armlets, a loincloth, leglets and moccasins standing on a path between two huts.

Study of a man wearing a headdress, necklaces, armlets, a loincloth, leglets and moccasins standing in front of a hut.

Study of a Meskwaki family setting off on a hunting expedition. One horse is pulling a travois.

Study for an illustration of a bust view of a girl facing front holding a doll in her right hand.

Study showing women, one large in the foreground, gathering cattails.

Study for an illustration depicting a profile view of a standing girl with her hair in a wrapped ponytail at her back. The ponytail wrappings are four long beaded strips which reach down to her ankles. She is holding a doll.

Preliminary study for illustration of a Meskwaki family involved in various daily activities inside their home.

Study depicting a family involved in various activities in their home.

Concept study for the cover of the book "Cha-Ki-Shi", with a girl wearing jewelry and a dress made of skins standing between two huts.

Study of stick hut for the book "Cha-Ki-Shi".

Preparatory study for an illustration shows three figures: a young man carrying nettles, a young man cutting them, and a woman laying them out in neat rows. Although two of the figures are male, the words The women gather the cattails is written in pencil on the back.

Studies for illustration. A) Recto: a woman cooking maple sugar over a fire near a tree, with a girl holding a bowl out to her. B) Verso: The woman sitting, in pencil with various watercolor marks and words.

The artist’s daughter wearing winter clothes with a hood and scarf. She is on a swing.

A man lying underneath of a tree. The image is of Petersen’s friend, J. C. Cunningham, taking a nap while they were on a canoe trip. A rare medium for Petersen.

Painting given to Mary Petersen as a Christmas gift.

County line on Gilbert Road, Johnson’s farm. Impressionist style; trees on rolling hills. A rare medium for Petersen.

Portrait of the artist’s wife sitting in her garden. In the background to the left is either a church or houses.

Probably the countryside near the Iowa State campus or the City of Ames.

One of few known self-portraits. Shows the artist in profile with a moustache.