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Uneasy Welcome

Artist Norman Akers (North American Indian, Osage; Pawnee, born 1958)
Date2014
MediumLithograph
DimensionsSheet: 28 1/8 × 22 1/2 inches (71.44 × 57.15 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: the A. Keith Brodkin Fund for the Acquisition of Contemporary American Indian Art
Object number2017.10.1
SignedRight side in pencil: Norman Akers
MarkingsLeft side in pencil: "Uneasy Welcome;" Middle in pencil: 19/20
Edition/State/Proofed. 19/20
On View
Not on view
DescriptionPrint that includes images of Indians, former presidents in flying saucers and a raven.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 Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Copyright© Norman Akers
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