Label TextThis
suite of prints documents important historic events in the story of the Pueblo
people. The scenes depict clashes between the Pueblo and European colonials,
drawn in a style highly influenced by comic books. Garcia’s narrative presents
the arrival of “The Iron Man” as an apocalyptic event over which his Pueblo
hero eventually triumphs. In presenting the violence of colonialism from the
indigenous point of view, Garcia questions widely accepted versions of American
history. He also presents a superhero drawn in a familiar style, but whose race
and origin story critically remind us of voices often ignored by white, Western
culture.
DimensionsSheet: 24 × 19 in. (61 × 48.3 cm)
Image: 20 5/16 × 13 3/16 in. (51.6 × 33.5 cm)
Image: 20 5/16 × 13 3/16 in. (51.6 × 33.5 cm)
Accession Number 2017.19.5
Classificationsprint
SignedJG OKUU PIN (l,r graphite)
Inscriptions20/20 (l,l graphite)
Edition20/20
Portfolio/Series"TALES OF TEWA SUSPENSE"
ProvenanceJim and Ellen Hubbell, Des Moines [acquired by 2017]; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 2017]
Utagawa Kunisada II
ca.1857
