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Exhibition History"Arthur Amiotte Collage 1988-2006," Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 19, 2006 - April 29, 2007.
ProvenancePurchased from the artist
BibliographyBerlo, Janet Catherine. Arthur Amiotte Collages 1988-2006. Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, 2006. plate 51, np.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 173.
Artist
Arthur Amiotte
(b. 1942, Oglala Lakota)
When We Were There
Date2006
DimensionsUnframed: 21 1/2 × 25 1/2 in. (54.6 × 64.8 cm)
Object numberT0833
Credit LineGift of Eugene Victor Thaw Art Foundation
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextArthur Amiotte is one of the most well-known Native American artists working today. In this collage of clippings from historic newspapers, advertisements and magazines, Amiotte impresses his own sense of history onto the historic reality of his great-grandfather, Standing Bear. Standing Bear, also an accomplished artist, traveled in Europe with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show from 1889-1890. Amiotte’s hand-written messages on this collage personalize Standing Bear’s experiences in Paris while traveling as a participant in the Buffalo Bill Show.Exhibition History"Arthur Amiotte Collage 1988-2006," Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 19, 2006 - April 29, 2007.
ProvenancePurchased from the artist
BibliographyBerlo, Janet Catherine. Arthur Amiotte Collages 1988-2006. Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, 2006. plate 51, np.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 173.
On View
On viewc. 1875-1880
