Buffalo Dancer Item Number: 71.134.4 from the Brooklyn Museum
Label
Fritz Scholder’s imagery in paintings and prints frequently explores atypical views of Native American life. Most depictions of this subject feature the vibrant colors of the regalia and the swirling action of the Buffalo dancers, performing in celebration of their past. Instead, Scholder offers a somber depiction of the haunted soul of a man with hollow eyes. His vacant stare implies that the past is dead, the present is empty, and the future cannot be envisioned.
Signed
Signed lower right in graphite: "Scholder"
Credit Line
Bristol-Myers Fund
Item History
- Made by Fritz Scholder between 1970 and 1971
What
- Name
- Buffalo Dancer
- Identification Number
- 71.134.4
- Type of Item
- “Buffalo Dancer” ?
- Material
- lithograph on paper
- Measurements
- “sheet: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.9 cm) image: 12 x 12 1/8 in. (30.5 x 30.8 cm)” ?
Who
- Creator
- Fritz Scholder
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1970 and 1971
Other
- Classification