Fritz Scholder: Works on Paper

Fritz Scholder Works on Paper

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Fritz Scholder Works on Paper August 27 - October 2, 2021

Railyard Arts District | 1613 Paseo de Peralta | Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 | 505.988.3250 www.lewallengalleries.com | contact@lewallengalleries.com cover: Buckskin Indian (First State), Ed. 37/70, 1974, Original lithograph on paper, 30" x 22"

Fritz Scholder | Works on Paper Fritz Scholder (1937-2005) is a pivotal figure in American art history, credited with reimagining the portrayal of Indigenous people in contemporary art. Moving away from the traditional, romanticized stereotypes that had dominated previously in American art, Scholder instead applied the visual languages of German Expressionism and Pop Art to convey the contemporary reality of Indigenous people. As his career continued, Scholder’s art broadened to reveal his wide-ranging interests in mythology and the occult — topics that extended Scholder’s imagery into mythic realms rich with spiritual and psychological metaphor.

This exhibition highlights the wide scope of Scholder’s works on paper, including drawings, collages, and paintings on paper, as well as examples of his contributions to printmaking in lithography, serigraphy, linocut, monotype, etching, and aquatint. His boldness as an artist is in full focus in his works on paper, which allowed him the opportunity to experiment with subject matter, composition, and process independently from his paintings on canvas. These works played a critical role within his artistic practice throughout his career.

Scholder (Luiseño) was born in Breckenridge, Minnesota, in 1937. Scholder studied at Sacramento City College with the celebrated Bay Area artist Wayne Thiebaud, who exposed him to the Pop Art movement and arranged his first solo exhibition. Scholder’s career took flight in the mid-1960s while teaching at Santa Fe’s Institute of American Indian Arts. In 2008, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian mounted posthumously an unprecedented dual-city career retrospective in both New York City and Washington, DC. Scholder’s work is the subject of numerous publications and is included in the collections of more than 120 museums in the United States, including the National Museum of American Art in Washington, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

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American Indian No. 4, Ed. 16/100, 1972 Original lithograph on paper, 30" x 22" 3

American Family, Ed. 79/115, 1974 Original lithograph on paper, 26.13" x 19.13" 4

Feather Fan (Blue), Ed. 37/50, 1974 Original lithograph on paper, 5" x 2" (image size) 5

Indian Note Book Page (Proof A), 1971 Original lithograph on paper, 20" x 27.5" 6

Waiting Indian, Ed. 65/75, 1970 Original lithograph on paper, 30" x 22" 7

Indian with Pigeon, Ed. 65/75, 1970 Original lithograph on paper, 22" x 30" 8

Sioux War Party, Ed. 6/75, 1976 Etching & aquatint on paper, 17.5" x 24.75" 9

Indian at the Circus, Ed. 65/75, 1970 Original lithograph on paper, 30" x 22" 10

Indian with Blanket (Artist Proof, Ed. of 50), 1971 Original lithograph on paper, 9" x 6" 11

Portrait of an American #2 (Second State), Ed. 10/50, 1973 Original lithograph on paper, 29.5" x 21.75" 12

Portrait of an American, (First State), Ed. 50/57, 1973 Original lithograph on paper, 30" x 22" 13

Wild Indian (Color Trial Proof), 1971 Original lithograph on paper, 30" x 22" 14

Indian with Feather Fan (First State), Ed. 26/150, 1975 Original lithograph on paper, 29.75" x 22.25" 15

Indian with Feathers, Ed. 65/75, 1970 Original lithograph on paper, 30" x 22" 16

Indian on Horseback with Quiver, 1976 Ink on paper, 7.25" x 5" 17

Aprobaciones, 1969 Collage on paper, 6" x 3.75" 18

Tpanez, 1969 Collage on paper, 5.25" x 5.25" 19

Die Amerika, 1969 Collage on paper, 5.5" x 5" 20

To Santa from Galisteo #2 (First State), Ed. 37/50, 1974 Original lithograph on paper, 4.13" x 6" (image size) 21

British Museum Mummy #6, 1987 Monotype, 40" x 30.5" 22

July Carnival, Ed. 40/60, n.d.

Original lithograph on paper, 22" x 30" 23

Untitled Shaman, Ed. 18/50, 1986 Original lithograph on paper, 40.5" x 29.5" 24

Red Fallen Angel, 1997 Acrylic on paper, 40.75" x 31.75" 25

Dionysus, 1989 Acrylic on paper, 41" x 31" 26

Fallen Angel No. 1, 1994 Acrylic on paper, 31.25" x 40.5" 27

Another Carnival, Man and Lion, Ed. 13/100, 1988 Original lithograph on paper, 29.5" x 21.75" 28

Conjuring Shaman #1, 1988 Monotype, 40" x 30.5" 29

Fallen Angel No. 3, 1994 Acrylic on paper, 40.5" x 31" 30

Fallen Angel No. 7, 1994 Acrylic on paper, 41" x 31" 31

Witch (Skull), 2001 Acrylic on paper, 49" x 41.75" 32

Spirit Dog, n.d.

Original lithograph on paper, 30" x 22" 33

Felix Barking, Ed. 24/50, 1987 Linocut, 20" x 16" 34

Dog, 1970 Ink on paper, 23.25" x 17.5" 35

Woman and Dog (study), 1994 Ink on paper, 10.5" x 9" 36

Indian with Rattle, n.d.

Monotype, 35.63" x 27.5" 37

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Indian with Pistol, Ed. 50/150, 1978 Original lithograph on paper, 22" x 30" 39

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Indian Cliche, Ed. 8/50, 1978 Original lithograph on paper, 22" x 30" Indian Cliche, Ed. 21/25, 1978 Original lithograph on paper, 22" x 30" Indian Cliche (Artist Proof), 1978 Original lithograph on paper, 22" x 30" 41

Indian Contemplating Columbus, Ed. 33/50, 1992 Original lithograph on paper, 60" x 40" 42

Indian at Crow Fair (Artist Proof, Ed. of 20), 1979 Original lithograph on paper, 33.5" x 44" 43

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Galloping Indian After Leigh, Ed.39/90, 1979 Etching & aquatint on paper, 44" x 62" 45

Noble Indian After Dixon (Blue), Ed. 52/54, 1975 Original lithograph on paper, 11" x 11" 46

Buffalo, n.d.

Graphite on paper, 11.75" x 14.75" 47

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ANPAO Series - Bat (Artist Proof, Ed. of 100), 1976-77 Original lithograph on paper, 22.5" x 15.13" ANPAO Series - Buffalo (Artist Proof, Ed. of 100), 1976-77 Original lithograph on paper, 22.38" x 15" ANPAO Series - Death, Ed. 75/100, 1976-77 Original lithograph on paper, 22.5" x 15" 49

First Dream, Ed. 58/90, 1981 Original lithograph on paper, 26" x 18" 50

Portrait of a Man Bull, Ed. 109/120, 1981 Original lithograph on paper, 28.88" x 22" 51

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Indians Forever Suite, Ed. 64/75, 1971 Suite of eight original lithograph on paper with frontis page and colophon, 22.5" x 15" 53

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Possession Head #2, n.d.

Monotype, 23.5" x 17.5" Possession with Square #2, n.d.

Monotype, 23.5" x 17.38" Possession, Ed. 12/20, 1982 Etching on paper, 29.5" x 22" 55

Hopi Pot (Brown), Ed. 34/50, 1974 Original lithograph on paper, 2" x 3.13" (image size) 56

Buffalo Dancer, Ed. 65/75, 1971 Original lithograph on paper, 12" x 12.13" (image size) 57

One Orchid, 2002 Acrylic on paper, 24" x 30" 58

Pool Flowers No. 2, 1987 Monotype, 36" x 28" 59

Mystery Nude, n.d.

Monotype, 27.75" x 17.5" 60

Mystery Woman and Shower Curtain No. 1, 1987 Monotype, 29.75" x 22.25" 61

Mystery Woman at Night (Artist Proof), 1978 Original lithograph, 21.38" x 16.88" 62

Mystery Woman with Rose Petals, Ed. 21/24, 1991 Cyanotype, 29.75" x 22.25" 63

Mystery Woman in Red, n.d.

Monotype, 37.13" x 27.25" 64

Message #1, n.d.

Monotype, 29.25" x 21" 65

Man Horse #1, 1993 Monotype, 38" x 29" 66

Magic Bull #2, 1981 Monotype, 38.25" x 29" 67

Laughing Artist (First State), Ed. 38/65, 1974 Original lithograph on paper, 30" x 22" 68

Laughing Artist (Second State), Ed. 34/35, 1974 Original Lithograph on paper, 30" x 22" 69

Self Portrait, 1975 Monotype, 24" x 18" 70

Self-Portrait with Dark Glasses (First State), Ed. 17/100, 1975 Original lithograph on paper, 8.13" x 6.25" Self-Portrait with Dark Glasses (second State), Ed. 8/20, 1975 Original lithograph on paper, 8.13" x 6.25 71

Border #7, 1992 Acrylic on paper, 40" x 31"

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Fritz Scholder (1937-2005) Born: Breckenridge, Minnesota, 1937

Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art,

1980

Monotypes, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX

Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX

1979

Indian Kitsch, Heard Museum,

Denver Art Museum, Denver CO

EDUCATION

Bentonville, AR

1960

BA, Sacramento State College, Sacramento, CA

Phoenix, AZ

Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI

1964

MFA, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Paintings and Prints, 1966-1978,

El Paso Museum of Fine Arts, El Paso, TX

Boise Gallery of Art, Boise, ID.

Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA

SELECTED SOLO PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS

Touring, exhibition organized by the

Grand Palais, Paris, France

2021

Fritz Scholder: Works on Paper,

Boise Gallery of Art: Salt Lake Art

Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ

LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM

Center, Salt Lake City, UT; Missoula

High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA

Fritz Scholder: From the Indian to the

Museum of the Arts, Missoula, MT;

Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden,

Mythic, LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe,

Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum,

2019

NM

Spokane, WA

Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA

Indian Images, Oakland Art Museum,

Musée des Beaux Arts, Montreal, Canada

Denver, CO

Oakland, CA

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

Fritz Scholder: The Third Chapter,

A Selection of Paintings, Prints and

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Sculpture, Saginaw Art Museum,

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

Saginaw, MI

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Museum of the American Indian,

Fritz Scholder Major Indian Paintings

Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM

Washington, DC; Smithsonian

1967-1977,

Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX

Wheelwright Museum, Santa Fe,NM

National Museum of American Art,

2015

Super Indian, Denver Art Museum,

2013

Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM

1977

2008-09 Indian/Not Indian, Smithsonian

Museum of the American Indian, New York City, NY 2001 1999

1973

Fritz Scholder – Indians, Hayden

Last Portraits, Tweed Museum of Art,

Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of

Duluth, MN

Technology, Cambridge, MA

Museum of Northern Arizona,

Fritz Scholder Paintings and

Flagstaff, AZ

Lithographs, Yellowstone Art Center,

Midwest Museum of American Art,

Billings, MT

1994

National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC and New York City, NY National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art,

Vampires & Fallen Angels, The South

SELECTED MUSEUM COLLECTIONS

Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, SD

Alaska State Museum, Juneau, AK

New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA

1995-97 Icons and Apparitions, Scottsdale 1995

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

Institution, Washington, DC

Elkhart, IN 1997

Washington, DC

Overland Park, KS

Albrecht Art Museum, Saint Joseph, MO

Newark Museum, Newark, NJ

Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ

Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

The Private Work of Fritz Scholder,

Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France

Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ

Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,

Dreaming with Open Eyes, Arizona

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC

State University Art Museum,

Centre Culturel Américain, Paris, France

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA University Art Museum, University of

San Francisco, CA

Phoenix, AZ

Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL

1982

Monotype, El Paso Art Museum,

Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH

El Paso, TX

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, CA

1981

The Retrospective: 1960-1981,

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

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California, Berkeley, CA

Fritz Scholder at the Tamarind Institute of Lithography Albuquerque, 1975

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