Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

Indian Madonna Enthroned

1974

A seated Native American figure wrapped in an American flag and blanket holding the book "God Is Red."
A seated Native American figure wrapped in an American flag and blanket holding the book "God Is Red."

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Indian Madonna Enthroned, 1974. Burlap, fabric, polyester batting, dried corn, leather thongs, beaded leather bands, necklaces, book (God Is Red by Vine Deloria Jr.), pheasant wings, American flag, beaded hide moccasins, two framed ink and graphite pencil drawings, Masonite cradleboard, animal hide, sheepskin and fleece, bird feet, wood chair, and painted plywood, overall: 52 × 34 × 20 in. (132.1 × 86.4 × 50.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Bluhm Family Endowment, the Fern and Lenard Tessler Endowment, the Chip and Burwell Schorr
Endowment, and the Susan and John Hess Endowment 2023.165a-c. © Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

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Date
1974

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Burlap, fabric, polyester batting, dried corn, leather thongs, beaded leather bands, necklaces, book (God Is Red by Vine Deloria Jr.), pheasant wings, American flag, beaded hide moccasins, two framed ink and graphite pencil drawings, Masonite cradleboard, animal hide, sheepskin and fleece, bird feet, wood chair, and painted plywood

Dimensions
Overall: 52 × 34 × 20 in. (132.1 × 86.4 × 50.8 cm)

Accession number
2023.165a-c

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Bluhm Family Endowment, the Fern and Lenard Tessler Endowment, the Chip and Burwell Schorr
Endowment, and the Susan and John Hess Endowment

Rights and reproductions
© Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

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