Salish
Artist
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
(Native American, Confederate Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, born 1940)
Date1989
Mediumlithograph
Dimensionssheet: 30.6 x 30.6 cm (12 1/16 x 12 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Don and Mary Melville
Object number2006.542.22
Label TextSmith grounds herself in the traditions of her ancestors through references to the dream world. This collage-like print juxtaposes floating images based on petroglyphic rock carvings from her Salish heritage. According to the artist, “Indian women create inner mysteries and self-mythologies in order to reinforce their identities.” Here, a heron, a human face, and a coyote are presented as dream-like figures framed by narrow borders which include plants, shells, and fossils. Viewers are left to craft their own narrative by connecting the various pictographic images. This is one of—if not the first—editioned print by Smith.ProvenanceDon and Mary Melville, Worcester, MAOn View
Not on view
