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Catalog Number CAS 2017-0003-0003   CAS 2017-0003-0003; Poster
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Poster
Culture Luiseño
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Fritz Scholder (1937-2005)
Date of Manufacture 1975
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Color poster: “Scholder Collects Scholder University of Santa Clara de Saisset Art Gallery October 10 - November 27, 1975”; Image depicts a man standing in partial profile, facing left, wearing a floor-length headdress of white and black feathers and holding a staff in his right hand, with raised and slightly extended forearm; He wears a purple and red shirt, long black pants with a white stripe down the left leg, and purple shoes with white stripes; His face is not visible, being in apparent deep shadow; Background of image is a light brown, with faint shadows of purple and red radiating out from the back of his headdress, chest, lower right leg, and left foot; Signed in plate, lower left; Signed and dated “10.9.77” by the artist in pen lower right.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 62.7, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 77.7