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Buffalo Dancer

Brooklyn Museum

71.134.4

Fritz Scholder&rsquo;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.<br />

  • Signed

    Signed lower right in graphite: "Scholder"

  • Credit Line

    Bristol-Myers Fund

  • Material lithograph on paper
  • Creator Fritz Scholder
  • Creation Date between 1970 and 1971
  • Classification Print

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