Nina Katchadourian
Indian History for Young Folks

ExpandFavorite

Artist Nina KatchadourianAmerican, born 1968

CultureAmerican

Titles

Indian History for Young Folks
from the series Sorted Books

Date2012

MediumChromogenic print

DimensionsImage: 12 × 19 in. (30.5 × 48.3 cm)
Sheet: 12 × 19 in. (30.5 × 48.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the S. I. and Susie Morris Photography Endowment

Object number2018.35

Not on view

Explore Further

Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionNina
Katchadourian’s series Sorted Books exposes the character of book
collections through improvisational arrangements. She created Indian History
for Young Folks from volumes in the M. G. Sawyer Collection of Decorative
Bindings at the Delaware Art Museum: “I noticed a curious surge in late
19th-century fiction romanticizing Native Americans and despaired when I
realized how this coincided with their violent displacement and decimation.” Katchadourian
questions what hidden stories collected possessions might reveal.
ProvenanceThe artist; [Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco]; purchased by MFAH, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Printed in black and white, verso, frame border: EAST FRAMES // FINE CUSTOM FRAMING // [...] // ULTRAVOLET [SIC] FILTERING PLEXI GLASS/OP-3/OP2 // [...]

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.