Indian Detour
Date1927
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 5 7/8 × 7 in. (14.9 × 17.8 cm)
sheet: 9 5/16 × 12 5/8 in. (23.7 × 32.1 cm)
sheet: 9 5/16 × 12 5/8 in. (23.7 × 32.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1963
Object number1963-20.146
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextSloan described this etching as "a satire on the Harvey Indian Tour," where buses brought tourists to see Native American ritual dances outside Santa Fe, New Mexico. This image likely depicts a corn dance at the Santo Domingo Pueblo.
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