Bicentennial Indian

Artist Fritz Scholder (Native American, 1937 - 2005)

Publisher P. Lorillard Company (American)

Printer Tamarind Institute

Printer Harry Westlund

Date1974

Geographic OriginUnited States of America

MediumColor lithograph on off-white BFK Rives paper

DimensionsSheet (and image): H 22 1/4 x W 29 3/4 in. (H 56.5 x W 75.6 cm)
Mat: W 40 x H 30 in. (W 101.6 x H 76.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Lorillard, 1975.

Object number75.231

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Title Details

Published Title Bicentennial Indian

Remarks portfolio title: Kent Bicentennial Portfolio, "Spirit of Independence"

Published Title Bi-centennial Indian

Inscriptionsrecto: signed b.l., graphite: "Scholder"; b.c., graphite: "7.125". Verso: b.r.c., above and below blindstamp, graphite: "74-701 / Rives BFK"; r.c.e., graphite; "Rives / BFK"; l.l., graphite: "D".Marks and Labels/Stampsrecto: b.l.: "BFK RIVES / FRANCE".; verso: Blindstamp of printer at b.l. [ionic capital]; blindstamp at b.c.: "29"; blindstamp of Tamarind b.r.c.ProvenanceCommissioned by P. Lorillard Company, New York, New York.Exhibition History"Kent Bicentennial Portfolio: The Spirit of Independence," The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, May 22-August 5, 1976.
Fidelity Union Trust Co., Morristown, NJ, October 1977.

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