Research Catalog

Title

Dakota modern : the art of Oscar Howe / general editors, Kathleen Ash-Milby and Bill Anthes.

Publication

Washington, DC : National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, [2022]

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Additional Authors

• Ash-Milby, Kathleen E.
• Anthes, Bill
• National Museum of the American Indian (Washington, D.C.), publisher.
• National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.). George Gustav Heye Center, host institution.
• Portland Art Museum (Or.), host institution.
• South Dakota Art Museum, host institution.

Description

vii, 200 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (some color); 29 x 24 cm

Summary

"Examines the life and work of Oscar Howe, a twentieth-century Yanktonai Dakota artist who grounded his modernist style in his Native American culture and traditions"--

Alternative Title

Art of Oscar Howe

Subject

• Howe, Oscar, 1915-1983 > Exhibitions
• Howe, Oscar, 1915-1983
• Modernism (Art) > United States > Exhibitions
• Dakota painting > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Indian painters > United States > Biography
• Painters > United States > Biography
• Dakota artists > Biography
• Modernisme (Art) > États-Unis > Expositions
• Peintres > États-Unis > Biographies
• ART / General
• Dakota artists
• Modernism (Art)
• Painters
• United States

Genre/Form

• Biographies.
• Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• "Published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Dakota Modern : The Art of Oscar Howe', on view at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in New York from March 12, 2022 to September 11, 2022 ; the Portland Art Museum from November 5, 2022 to May 14, 2023 ; and the South Dakota Art Museum from June 10, 2023 to September 17, 2023"--Verso of title page.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Indexed In (note)

• Indexed in the Native American Artists Resource Collection Online, Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives, Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, at the artist name level (June 7, 2022)

Contents

Foreword / Machel Monenerkit, Acting Director, National Museum of the American Indian; Brian Ferriso, Director and Chief Curator, Portland Art Museum -- Introduction. Dakota, modern, American / Kathleen Ash-Milby and Bill Anthes -- Notes to the Reader. Terminology and genealogy ; Orthography -- Part One. Understanding the Art of Oscar Howe. Chapter 1. Očhéthi Šakówin̦ traditions and multiple modernisms / Bill Anthes -- Chapter 2. From the Sun Dance to Sioux Christianity : Seeking an artistic vision / Janet Catherine Berlo and Emil Her Many Horses -- Chapter 3. The storyteller / John P. Lukavic -- Part Two. Oscar Howe, A Life. Chapter 4. Origin story / Kathleen Ash-Milby -- Naturalism and abstraction : Transcending the Studio Style / Joyce M. Szabo -- Radical change : Oklahoma / Denise Neil -- Picturing an inclusive Northern Plains landscape : The Corn Palace murals, 1948-71 / Erika Doss -- Dakota primetime : 'This Is Your Life' / Anya Montiel -- I didn't appreciate how blessed I was / Inge Dawn Howe Maresh -- Parth Three. Oscar Howe's Legacy. Chapter 5. Accolades and acrimony : Philbrook's Indian Annual / Christina E. Burke -- Generations of influence / Kathleen Ash-Milby and Christina E. Burke -- Afterword / Philip J. Deloria -- Biographical timeline / Kathleen Ash-Milby -- Notes -- Selected exhibitions and collections -- Selected bibliography -- Exhibition checklist -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Credits.

Call Number

ND237.H79

ISBN

• 9781933565330
• 1933565330

LCCN

• 2021027078
• 40031254420

OCLC

• 1256590789
• on1256590789
• SCSB-14517719

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries