Object number:
2010.54.10036
Object name:
poster; work on paper
Title:
There will come a time / when we will take refuge / in the mountains...
Maker:
Edward S. Curtis, Akwesasne Notes
Date made:
1975-2010
Material / Technique:
Offset lithograph on paper
Dimensions:
H: 17.4 in, W: 23 in
Credit line:
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
This is a horizontally oriented poster printed with red ink on gray paper. There is a 1 inch margin around the outer edge of the poster.
Content description:
The image is of three figures on horseback, two in the foreground and one in the background. The landscape around them is barren dirt and hills. One figure is wrapped in a cloak and both figures in the foreground look towards the left edge of the poster. Text to the right of the mounted figures reads "There will come a time / when we will take refuge / in the mountains / to escape the burning fires / on the plains / and there we will plan / our return / to that charred / ground.
Concepts:
North American Indian; horseback
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