Native Modernism accompanied the inaugural exhibitions of solo Native artists at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, pairing Ojibwe painter George Morrison with Chiricahua Apache sculptor Allan Houser. Together the two argue that a Native artist could be fully modern, Morrison through his abstract horizons and driftwood collages, Houser through the smooth, sweeping stone and bronze figures that made him one of the most celebrated sculptors to come out of the Santa Fe Indian School.
Edited by Truman T. Lowe and published in 2004 by the museum with the University of Washington Press, the volume gathers essays and a generous run of plates; Houser's flowing draped figure graces the cover. The back cover's photographs, Morrison among his wood pieces and Houser at work on a monumental carving, frame the book's argument about two careers. This copy is the 2004 edition published with the exhibition.
First edition (2004)
Published in conjunction with the 2004 NMAI exhibition; no number line was shown. This is a Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian book; see how Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian states its first printings.
| Author | Truman T. Lowe (editor) |
| Publisher | Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian / University of Washington Press |
| Year | 2004 |
| ISBN | 0-295-98467-8 |
| Edition | First edition (2004) |
| Condition | Softcover, clean. |
| Topic | Native American modernist art |
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