Raven and First Man

Raven and First Man

1997

First Nations, Cowichan, born 1966

Since the 1960s, Northwest Coast Native artists have used the printmaking medium to explore ideas and designs beyond those possible in carving, painting and weaving. Graphic works have been a vehicle to both discover traditional design and to push against its constraints.

Silkscreen print

17 x 24 in. (43.2 x 61 cm)

Gift of Simon Ottenberg

2014.4.30

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

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.

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