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  Home>National Gallery of Art Communications Office>Exhibition Announcements, Releases, and Press Material>Exhibition Press Release 2023>Jaune Quick-to-See Smith Curates Exhibition of Contemporary Art by Native Americans at the National Gallery of Art>Press Images
      

      
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 File name: 5549-002.jpg**Steven Yazzie (Diné/Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico/European descent)*Orchestrating a Blooming Desert*, 2003**oil on canvasoverall: 121.9 x 152.4 cm (48 x 60 in.)framed: 127.2 x 157.5 x 4.4 cm (50 1/16 x 62 x 1 3/4 in.)Collection of Christy Vezolles© 2003 Steven J. Yazzie. All rights reserved. Image: Courtesy of the Heard Museum, Photo by Craig Smith
                
                
                
                
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        File name: 5549-003.jpg**Emmi Whitehorse (Diné)*Fog Bank*, 2020**mixed media on paper on canvasoverall: 129.5 x 198.1 cm (51 x 78 in.)National Gallery of Art, Washington, William A. Clark Fund© Emmi Whitehorse
                
                
                
                
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        File name: 5549-016.jpg**G. Peter Jemison (Seneca Nation of Indians, Heron Clan)*Sentinels (Large Yellow)*, 2006**acrylic, oil, and collage on canvasoverall: 91.4 x 101.6 cm (36 x 40 in.)National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Funds from Sharon Percy Rockefeller and Senator John Davison Rockefeller IV© G. Peter Jemison
                
                
                
                
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        File name: 5549-007.jpg**Chris Pappan (Kanza/Lakota)*Atom Heart Mother (Earth)*, 2016**mixed media on ledger paperoverall: 40.6 x 25.4 cm (16 x 10 in.)framed: 60.96 x 48.26 cm (24 x 19 in.)Courtesy of Travois© Chris Pappan
                
                
                
                
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        File name: 5549-012.jpg**Jim Denomie (Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe, Ajijaak Clan)*Edward Curtis, Paparazzi: Chicken Hawks*, 2008**oil on canvasoverall: 88.9 x 101.6 cm (35 x 40 in.)Loan from the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, Indiana© Jim Denomie Estate.
                
                
                
                
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        File name: 5549-014.jpg**Star WallowingBull (Ojibwe/Arapaho)*Modern Day Indian*, 2004**lithograph crayon and colored pencil on paperoverall: 56.5 x 76.2 cm (22 1/4 x 30 in.)framed: 87 x 105.41 x 5.72 cm (34 1/4 x 41 1/2 x 2 1/4 in.)Collection Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas© Star WallowingBull. Photo by EG Schempf
                
                
                
                
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        File name: 5549-021.jpg**Gerald Clarke Jr. (Cahuilla Band of Indians)*Native American Art*, 2019**charred watercolor paperoverall: 76.2 x 55.9 cm (30 x 22 in.)framed (approximate): 101 x 76 x 5 cm (39 3/4 x 29 15/16 x 1 15/16 in.)Courtesy of the artist
                
                
                
                
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        File name: 5549-024.jpg**Melissa Cody (Navajo)*World Traveler*, 2014**three-ply wool, aniline dyes, wool warp, and six-ply selvedge cordsoverall: 228.6 x 124.1 cm (90 x 48 7/8 in.)Stark Museum of Art, Orange, Texas, Purchase of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 2014, 2014.1.1
                
                
                
                
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        File name: 5549-025.jpg**Linda Lomahaftewa (Hopi/Choctaw)*Parrots Prayer Song*, 1989**color offset lithograph on wove paperoverall: 76.2 x 55.9 cm (30 x 22 in.)National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Funds from the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation© Linda Lomahaftewa
                
                
                
                
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        File name: 5549-028.jpg**Cara Romero (Chemehuevi)*Indian Canyon*, 2019**archival pigment printoverall: 38.1 x 121.9 cm (15 x 48 in.)Courtesy of the artist© Cara Romero
                
                
                
                
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        File name: 5549-037.jpg**Demian DinéYazhi' (Diné)*No Place Like Hózhó*, 2017**six-color lithographoverall: 101 x 76.2 cm (39 3/4 x 30 in.)framed: 116.84 x 93.98 cm (46 x 37 in.)Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts© 2017 Demian DinéYazhi'. Photo by Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts
                
                
                
                
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        File name: 5549-040.jpg**Marie Watt (Seneca Nation of Indians/European descent)*Antipodes*, 2020**vintage Italian beads, industrial felt, and threadtop piece (Skywalker): 137.2 x 160.7 cm (54 x 63 1/4 in.)bottom piece (Skyscraper): 135.9 x 151.1 cm (53 1/2 x 59 1/2 in.)National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Funds from Sharon Percy Rockefeller and Senator John Davison Rockefeller IV
                
                
                
                
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        File name: 5549-044.jpg**Will Wilson (Diné)*Auto-Immune Response no. 2*, 2004**archival pigment print (digital carbon) on archival paperimage: 43.8 x 68.6 cm (17 1/4 x 27 in.)sheet: 55.9 x 76.2 cm (22 x 30 in.)Courtesy of the artist
                
                
                
                
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        File name: 5549-056.jpg**Edgar Heap of Birds (Cheyenne and Arapaho Nations)*Native Host for Washington D.C.*, 2022**mylar text on metal sign panel with metal post and floor baseoverall: 45.7 x 91.4 cm (18 x 36 in.)Collection of the artist© Edgar Heap of Birds. Photo by Shanna Ketchum Heap of Birds
                
                
                
                
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        File name: 5549-057.jpg**Preston Singletary (Tlingit)*Raven Steals the Sun*, 2017**blown and sand-carved glassoverall: 51.4 x 22.9 x 17.8 cm (20 1/4 x 9 x 7 in.)Collection of Jerry Cowdrey© Preston Singletary. Photo by Russell Johnson
                
                
                
                
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        File name: 5549-061.jpg**Kay WalkingStick (Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma/European descent)*Ute's Homelands*, 2022**oil on panel in two partsoverall: 76.2 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm (30 x 60 x 2 in.)Courtesy the artist and Hales London and New York© Kay WalkingStick. Photo by JSP Art Photography
                
                
                
                
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 The Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art by Native Americans Usage: Images are provided exclusively to the press, and only for purposes of publicity for the duration of the exhibition at the National Gallery of Art. All published images must be accompanied by the credit line provided and with copyright information, as noted. Important: The images displayed on this page are for reference only and are not to be reproduced in any media. To obtain images and permissions for print or digital reproduction please provide your name, press affiliation, and all other information as required(*) utilizing the order form at the end of this page. Links to download the digital image files will be sent via e-mail. Please use the captions and credits below as listed. Please include a brief description of the kind of press coverage planned and your phone number so that we may contact you. Please allow a minimum of one full business day for image requests.








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