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Full Moon Egret, pair

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Full Moon Egret, pair

1987

Robert Sebastian

First Nations, Gitxsan, born 1952

Robert Sebastian participates in the cultural activities of his people, including fishing on the many rivers of his traditional homeland in northern British Columbia. Many of his prints reveal his keen observation of a variety of birds, such as the egrets here illuminated by a full moon. Many of these winged creatures figure prominently in oral traditions and underscore the deep connection between the people, the animals, and the spirits of the land and waters.
Silkscreen on Stonehenge Cover White (rag)
22 x 15 in. (55.9 x 38.1 cm)
Gift of R. Bruce and Mary-Louise Colwell
2018.29.115.2
Provenance: [Pacific Editions Limited, Victoria, British Columbia]; purchased by Bruce and Mary-Louise Colwell, Seattle, Washington, Feb. 20, 1998
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
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Not currently on view

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Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, INKED! Northwest Coast Silkscreen Prints from the Colwell Collection, Mar. 5 - Dec. 12, 2021.

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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