Oscar Howe

Retreat

On view
Floor 5

Date
1968

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Casein on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 26 1/8 × 20 1/4in. (66.4 × 51.4 cm) Image: 24 × 18 7/16in. (61 × 46.8 cm)

Accession number
2023.86

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Director’s Discretionary Fund

API
artworks/67900

Installation view of Sixties Surreal (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, September 24, 2025–January 19, 2026). From left to right: Oscar Howe, Retreat, 1968; Carlos Villa, My Roots, 1970–71. Artworks © Oscar Howe Family; © Carlos Villa Art Estate. Photograph by Ron Amstutz, digital image © Whitney Museum of American Art

From the exhibition Sixties Surreal
Installation view of Sixties Surreal (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, September 24, 2025-January 19, 2026). From left to right: Wally Hedrick, HERMETIC IMAGE, 1961; Betye Saar, Ten Mojo Secrets, 1972; Eduardo Carrillo, Testament of the Holy Spirit, 1971; Jack Whitten, Christ, 1964; Claes Oldenburg, Drainpipe, 1966; Nancy Graves, Camel VI, Camel VII and Camel VIII, 1968-69; Claes Oldenburg, Soft Toilet, 1966; Gunvor Nelson and Dorothy Wiley, SCHMEERGUNTZ, 1965; Oscar Howe, Retreat, 1968; Carlos Villa, My Roots, 1970–71. Artworks © Wally Hedrick; © Betye Saar; © The Estate of Eduardo Carrillo; © Jack Whitten Estate, courtesy Jack Whitten Estate and Hauser & Wirth; © Claes Oldenburg; © 2025 Nancy Graves Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY; Courtesy Filmform and the artists. Photograph by Ron Amstutz, digital image © Whitney Museum of American Art

From the exhibition Sixties Surreal

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