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The Trickster Showdown

Artist Julie Buffalohead (North American Indian, Ponca, born 1972)
Date2014
MediumLithograph and screenprint on paper
DimensionsOverall (without space between two prints): 27 1/2 × 55 3/4 inches (69.85 × 141.61 cm)
Sheet (rabbit): 27 1/2 × 21 7/8 inches (69.85 × 55.56 cm)
Sheet (fox): 27 1/2 × 33 7/8 inches (69.85 × 86.04 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the generosity of Timothy B. and Jean Schmit
Object number2017.8.1,2
SignedLower left corner of left print "embossed PP 3/8;" lower right corner of right print "Julie Buffalohead 2015"
MarkingsLower middle quadrant "The Trickster Showdown"
Edition/State/Proofed. 3/8
On View
Not on view
DescriptionPrint of 2 separate parts: left image of a rabbit wearing a choker and skirt holding a wand with a star at the tip; right image of a fox wearing a tutu, both on a dark blue background.Exhibition History

[RE]CLAIM: Indigenous Artists Reflect on Identity, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, December 14–June 16, 2019.

Provenance
Purchased from Todd Bockley Gallery, Minneapolis, MN by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Published References
Torrence, Gaylord, ed. Continuum: North American Native Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Copyright© Julie Buffalohead
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