Witness (Quamichan Potlatch, 1913)
Artist
Marie Watt
(American (Seneca), born 1967)
Date2014
Mediumcopperplate etching and aquatint, white ground, and burnishing
DimensionsImage: 7 × 8 in. (17.8 × 20.3 cm)
Sheet: 12 × 12 in. (30.5 × 30.5 cm)
Credit LinePurchased through the John A. Petersen Acquisition Fund
CultureAmerican
Inscribed"8/10" BL; "MKW
Object numberPC2019.03.02
ClassificationsPrint Collection
DescriptionStudy for a large, hand-stitched work titled 'Witness'. Inspired by a 1913 photograph of a First Nations Quamichan Potlatch off Vancouver Island. A blanket (in red) flies over crowd gathered below balcony.InterpretationsPrinted at the Sitka Center for Art & Ecology by Julia D’Amario / Kathy Kuehn
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