Sticky Mouth

Artist Jaune Quick-to-see Smith (Citizen of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation, 1940 - 2025)

Printer The Lawrence Lithography Workshop (American, founded 1979)

Date1994

MediumLithograph on Lana Royal paper

DimensionsImage: 21 1/2 × 19 inches (54.61 × 48.26 cm)
Sheet: 26 3/4 × 21 3/4 inches (67.95 × 55.25 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust through the George H. and Elizabeth O. Davis Fund and the Andrew Atterbury and Gwen Prentice Fund

Object number2024.9.174

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DescriptionA grey bear stands on two legs in the center of the print. His body and head are seen in profile. He is walking to the viewer’s right, swinging his forepaws like a human. The bear is surrounded by a pale yellow oval containing other figures. Clockwise from the bottom: the number 6, a bull, an Indian in a long shirt and leggings, the profile of an Indian with a feather in his hair, facing left, a figure in black, the profile of another Indian, facing left with his mouth open and streaks on his face, a horse, a face with hair standing on end, a butterfly, a kneeling man in black, a jack-o-lantern or pot, an Indian in profile running to the right, the number 4, two heads and a hand. A large abstract black figure stands on the left, facing front.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Lawrence Lithography Workshop: Highlights from the Archive. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO. December 21, 2024 - June 22, 2025.

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