Indian with Feather
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
What is Native American art and who is a Native American artist? The artist Fritz Scholder referred to himself as a non-Indian Indian, someone who never felt the pull of two different cultures. With this lithograph series he challenges popular stereotypical depictions of Indians as stoic, noble, pure, and the embodiment of wisdom. Instead, he offers an amorphous human form, showing only a scruffy face with an open mouth, though the hint of a warrior breastplate, the wrapped braids, and the sharply angled feather suggest a Native American identity. The figure’s tightly wrapped blanket and his turned pose seem to reject empathy from the viewer.
Caption
Fritz Scholder American and Payómkawichum (Luiseño), 1937–2005. Indian with Feather, 1970–1971. Lithograph on paper, 30 1/4 x 22 in. (76.8 x 55.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bristol-Myers Fund, 71.134.2. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.134.2_PS20.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Publisher
Title
Indian with Feather
Date
1970–1971
Medium
Lithograph on paper
Classification
Dimensions
30 1/4 x 22 in. (76.8 x 55.9 cm)
Signatures
Signed lower center in graphite: "Scholder"
Markings
Embossed with Tamarind chop lower left and with printers' chops lower center and lower right
Credit Line
Bristol-Myers Fund
Accession Number
71.134.2
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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