Print Item Number: Nb7.228 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Silkscreen print design of the moon. The black moon has a circular face with circle in ovoid eyes. There is an ovoid below the eyes with the nose in between and two long, thin segmented lines angling inward to come to a point above the centre. There is a mouth and a chin. The ears have a sideways split u surrounded by a black u form. There are six protrusions around the circular face, four along the top and two along the bottom, each of which has a split u surrounded by a black u form. There is a black star shape at the top right corner. Pencil inscription across the bottom edge reads '84/200 2/7/75 THE MOON TSIMSHIAN TRIBE KITKATLA B.C. Roy H. Vickers'. The print is on a vertically rectangular, yellow paper piece.
History Of Use
Silk-screen prints are a major form of contemporary Indian art. Silk-screen printing emerged in the 1950's as a new non-traditional art form, and was easily adapted to traditional Northwest Coast two dimensional design concepts.
Cultural Context
contemporary art
Item History
- Made by Roy Henry Vickers (Maker) in British Columbia, Canada on July 2, 1975
- Owned by Roy Henry Vickers before September 26, 1975
- Received from Unknown (Funding source) and Roy Henry Vickers (Seller) on September 26, 1975
What
- Name
- Identification Number
- Nb7.228
- Type of Item
- Manufacturing Technique
- silkscreened
- Overall
- height 66.3 cm, width 51.2 cm, depth 0.1 cm
Who
- Culture
- Tsimshian
- Creator
- Roy Henry Vickers (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Roy Henry Vickers
- Received from
- Unknown (Funding source) and Roy Henry Vickers (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- on July 2, 1975
- Ownership Date
- before September 26, 1975
- Acquisition Date
- on September 26, 1975
Other
- Item Classes
- works on paper
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0289/0004