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Indian with Feather
Arts of the Americas
On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Counterparts
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.
PORTFOLIO/SERIES
From the portfolio titled: "Indians Forever"
PUBLISHER
Tamarind Institute
MEDIUM
Lithograph on paper
DATES
1970–1971
DIMENSIONS
30 1/4 x 22 in. (76.8 x 55.9 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Embossed with Tamarind chop lower left and with printers' chops lower center and lower right
SIGNATURE
Signed lower center in graphite: "Scholder"
COLLECTIONS
Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER
71.134.2
CREDIT LINE
Bristol-Myers Fund
PROVENANCE
By August 1971, acquired from the artist by Janus Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; October 19, 1971, purchased from Janus Gallery by the Brooklyn Museum.
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EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Counterparts
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)
EDITION
Edition: 37/75
IMAGE
overall, 71.134.2_PS20.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2024
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