Whitney Signs: Jaune Quick to See Smith Sat, May 6, 2023, 3:30–6 pm

Whitney Signs: Jaune Quick to See Smith

Sat, May 6, 2023
3:30–6 pm

A brushy black outline of a horse overlayed on top of printed details in the background including american flags, the words “War is Heck”, images of a soldier, buffalos, cows and a winged figure.
A brushy black outline of a horse overlayed on top of printed details in the background including american flags, the words “War is Heck”, images of a soldier, buffalos, cows and a winged figure.

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, War is Heck, 2002. Lithograph, photolithograph, and collage. 58 9/16 × 57 5/8 in. (148.7 × 146.4 cm). Printed and published by P.R.I.N.T. Press. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Dorothee Peiper-Riegraf and Hinrich Peiper. Courtesy the artist and the Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

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Floor 1, Lobby

Join us for an in-person reception and tour of Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: Memory Map led by Deaf educator Emmanuel von Schack in American Sign Language. The event begins with a pre-tour wine and cheese reception from 4–5 pm in the Laurie M. Tisch Education Center. 

This tour will be in ASL and will not have voice interpretation. To request interpretation for English, Protactile, Spanish Sign Language, International Sign Language, another language, or additional accommodations, please email accessfeedback@whitney.org or call (646) 666-5574 (relay calls welcome) with two weeks’ notice.


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