Bicentennial Indian
Date1975
Artist
Fritz Scholder
(American painter and printmaker, 1937–2005)
Publisher
Tamarind Institute
(founded 1960)
MediumFour-color lithograph
Dimensionssheet: 22 1/8 × 30 1/16 in. (56.2 × 76.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Lorillard, a Division of Loew's Theatres, Inc., 1975
Object number1975-145
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextScholder accompanied this print with a potent invocation of the displacement of indigenous people through America's Westward expansion:“The Plains Indians of the late 1800s often incorporated into their traditional dress surplus American flags which they discovered in reservation commissaries. In these garments the old chiefs were frequently brought to photography studios where, with props such as Victorian chairs, their picture would be taken.” - FS
