John Goodwin Nytom

John Goodwin Nytom

1982

American, Makah, born 1948

This bold, unconventional design uses time-honored Makah whaler imagery to advertise an art exhibition. According to the artist, it tells a story about how the whalers would try to take the power of whaling from one another. The Bent Box Gallery was established in 1977 and was the leading First Nations gallery in Vancouver in the 1980s.

Poster/Reproduction

25 x 19in. (63.5 x 48.3cm)

Gift of Simon Ottenberg

SC2009.2.7

Photo: Scott Leen

Not currently on view

Seattle Art Museum respectfully acknowledges that we are on Indigenous land, the traditional territories of the Coast Salish people. We honor our ongoing connection to these communities past, present, and future.

Learn more about Equity at SAM