Indian Portrait in Roma [Indian with Medallion)

Artist Fritz Scholder (North American Indian, Luiseño, 1937 - 2005)

Date1978

MediumEtching and aquatint

DimensionsImage: 47 × 38 3/8 inches (119.38 × 97.47 cm)
Framed: 67 1/4 × 52 inches (170.82 × 132.08 cm)

Credit LineGift of Fred L. and Virginia U. Merrill in honor of the 75th anniversary of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Object number2025.91.2

Signedsigned lower right

Inscribednumbered 37/90 lower left

Edition/State/Proofed. 37/90

On View

Not on view

Terms

DescriptionMale Indian figure in a frontal, half-length pose; the man is positioned in the center of the frame. He wears a single white feather and large medallion necklace representing an Indian Peace Medal.Provenance

Provenance

The artist, 1978;

Purchased from the Bishop Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ by Fred and Virginia Merrill, 2007;

Their promised gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2010;

Promised gift conversion, 2025.

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