Indigenous Woman Rebecca H. Pollack
Graphite Pencil on Strathmore Illustration Board
5.75" x 4.75" NFS
This is a graphite study of a woman, inspired by an Edward Curtis photograph. For over 30 years he travelled deep into Indian territories in the early 1900s to document Native American cultures. He documented with film, recordings, writings and photographs, concerned that white expansion and the United States government would destroy their way of life. This woman’s face speaks to me of her life on the land: her gaze, expression and weathered skin.
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Contact information for this artist can be found on page 88.
