Collector No. 5
T. C. Cannon, Ka'igwu / Caddo / Choctaw / American, 1946 - 1978
Caddo
Choctaw
Ka'igwu (Kiowa)
Southern Plains
Plains
about 1977
Color woodblock print
Edition 33/200
Overall: 19 × 16 3/8 in. (48.3 × 41.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Stephen and Constance Spahn '63 Acquisition Fund and the James and Barbara Block Acquisitions Endowment in honor of Barbara Thompson, Curator of African, Oceanic, and Native American Collections, Hood Mueum of Art, 2002-2008
2008.57
Printer
Matashiro Uchikawa | Kentaro Maeda
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Plains
Not on view
Inscriptions
Numbered and signed, in graphite, lower left: 33 / 200 T. C. Cannon; lower right, verticle seals: Kentaro Maeda (carver) and Matashiro Uchikawa (printer)
Label
T. C. Cannon’s woodcut (based on his painting of the same subject) portrays a modern, but ancient, Kiowa dandy who reimagines himself on his own terms, in his own complex homeplace and at ease in the world—even as a collector of iconic European art like Vincent van Gogh’s Wheatfields. I deserve to have a nice portrait taken of me now and again . . . as long as I don’t have to say cheese. —T. C. Cannon From the 2019 exhibition Portrait of the Artist as an Indian / Portrait of the Indian as an Artist, guest curated by Rayna Green
Course History
ARTH 82, History of Museums and Collecting, Joy Kenseth, Spring 2012
NAS 30.1, ARTH 17, Modern Native American Art History, Joyce Szabo, Summer 2013
ANTH 3, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Sienna Craig, Summer 2013
NAS 16, 20th Century Native American History, Angela Parker, Winter 2014
NAS 8, Perspectives in Native American Studies, Vera Palmer, Spring 2014
NAS 8, Perspectives in Native American Studies, Vera Palmer, Spring 2014
ARTH 83, History of Museums and Collecting, Joy Kenseth, Spring 2015
PORT 8, Brazilian Portraits, Carlos Minchillo, Winter 2020
NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2020
SART 20/SART 71, Drawing II/III, Jen Caine, Spring 2022
Art History 63.02, Why Are Museums...?, Mary Coffey, Winter 2023
Portuguese 8.01, Brazilian Portraits, Carlos Cortez-Minchillo, Winter 2024
Anthropology 73.01, Main Currents in Anthropology, Sienna Craig, Spring 2024
Exhibition History
Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 8, 2011-March 12, 2012.
Perspectives: Native American Art from the Hood Museum of Art's Collection, Perspective in Native Studies, NAS 8, Spring 2014, Vera Palmer, Teaching Exhibition, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 24-June 16, 2014.
Portrait of the Artist as an Indian / Portrait of the Indian as an Artist, Harteveldt Family Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2019-July 15, 2019.
Publication History
George P. Horse Capture, Sr., Joe D. Horse Capture, Joseph M. Sanchez, et al., Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2011, ill. on p. 107 and p. 167, no. 120.
Provenance
Zaplin Lampert Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico; sold to present collection, 2008.
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