Eagle Dance
Artist
Stephen Mopope
(Kiowa, 1898 - 1974)
Publisher
C. Szwedzicki
(French)
Author
Oscar Brousse Jacobson
(1882 - 1966)
Date1929
Mediumpochoir print on paper
Dimensions14 7/8 × 11 1/2 inches (37.8 × 29.2 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number11.94.1.V
ClassificationsPrints
Label TextThe Kiowa artists studied at the University of Oklahoma. Oscar Brousse Jacobson directed the School of Art there. He encouraged the Kiowa artists. Jacobson commissioned the portfolio of their art. He wrote the introduction for Kiowa Indian Art. His writing included stereotypes and dated language, but he did champion their work. He called it “a real contribution to art.” Mopope had sixteen works in the portfolio. He depicted families, warriors, and dances. The Kiowa adopted Eagle Dance from the Pueblo people.
ProvenanceH.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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