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Label Text Scholder’s work was strongly influenced by Pop art, and he often used images of traditional Native Americans to comment on the ways in which Indigenous people have been stereotyped by mass media culture. This work, created for a portfolio marking the United States’ bicentennial, presents an Indigenous man in full regalia holding the flag in a pose reminiscent of images of Betsy Ross creating the first American flag. Scholder’s work reminds us that Indigenous peoples have existed in the land that would become the Unites States for much longer than the 200 years celebrated in 1976.
DimensionsSheet (/image): 22 3/8 × 29 13/16 in. (56.8 × 75.7 cm)
Accession Number 1975.40.12
Classificationsprint
SignedScholder (l/l)
Inscriptions118/125 (l/c)
Edition118/125
Portfolio/Series"Kent Bicentennial Portfolio: Spirit of Independence"
Bicentennial Indian, from "Kent Bicentennial Portfolio: Spirit of Independence"
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines