Indians with Umbrellas Item Number: 71.134.3 from the Brooklyn Museum
Label
Fritz Scholder’s imagery in paintings and prints frequently explores the cultural contradictions of late twentieth-century Native American life. He often shows harsh realities but sometimes presents a humorous view, as in this lithograph, in which warriors on horseback carry non-native, innocuously jaunty umbrellas. This seemingly improbable scene is actually taken from real life; umbrellas have been used by both men and women as protection from the hot sun on the Plains since the late nineteenth century.
Signed
Signed lower right in graphite: "Scholder"
Credit Line
Bristol-Myers Fund
Item History
- Made by Fritz Scholder between 1970 and 1971
What
- Name
- Indians with Umbrellas
- Identification Number
- 71.134.3
- Type of Item
- umbrella
- Material
- lithograph on paper
- Overall
- length 22.0 in, width 30.0 in
Who
- Creator
- Fritz Scholder
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1970 and 1971
Other
- Classification