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Buffalo Dancer

Fritz Scholder

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Object Label

Fritz Scholder’s imagery in paintings and prints frequently explores atypical views of Native American life. Most depictions of this subject feature the vibrant colors of the regalia and the swirling action of the Buffalo dancers, performing in celebration of their past. Instead, Scholder offers a somber depiction of the haunted soul of a man with hollow eyes. His vacant stare implies that the past is dead, the present is empty, and the future cannot be envisioned.

Caption

Fritz Scholder (American and Payómkawichum (Luiseño), 1937–2005). Buffalo Dancer, 1970–1971. Lithograph on paper, sheet: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.9 cm) image: 12 x 12 1/8 in. (30.5 x 30.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bristol-Myers Fund, 71.134.4. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Buffalo Dancer

Date

1970–1971

Medium

Lithograph on paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

sheet: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.9 cm) image: 12 x 12 1/8 in. (30.5 x 30.8 cm)

Signatures

Signed lower right in graphite: "Scholder"

Markings

Embossed with Tamarind chop lower left and with printers' chops lower center and lower right; Arches watermark

Credit Line

Bristol-Myers Fund

Accession Number

71.134.4

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Artists and makers

Fritz Scholder

11 works in the collection

Tamarind Institute

12 works in the collection