Print Item Number: Nb7.227 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Silkscreen print design of the sun. The red sun has a circular face with ovoid eyes. There is a u form below the eyes with the nose in between and two long, thin lines angling inward to come to a point above the centre. There is a mouth and a chin. The ears have a sideways split u surrounded by a red u form. There are four large, wide protrusions around the circular face, the top ones of which each have a hand-like shape within while the bottom ones of which each have a split v. There is a single radiating line in between each ear and the large, wide protrusions. There are two pairs of radiating lines in between the two top large, wide protrusions while there is one pair in between the two below. Pencil inscription across the bottom edge reads '84/200 2/7/75 THE SUN TSIMSHIAN TRIBE KITKATLA B.C. Roy H. Vickers'. The print is on a vertically rectangular, light blue paper piece.

History Of Use

Silk-screen prints are a major form of contemporary Indian art. Silk-screen printing emerged in the 1950's as a new non-traditional art form, and was easily adapted to traditional Northwest Coast two dimensional design concepts.

Cultural Context

contemporary art

Item History

What

Name
Print
Identification Number
Nb7.227
Type of Item
print
Manufacturing Technique
silkscreened
Overall
height 66.3 cm, width 51.2 cm, depth 0.1 cm

Who

Culture
Tsimshian
Creator
Roy Henry Vickers (Maker)
Previous Owner
Roy Henry Vickers
Received from
Unknown (Funding source) and Roy Henry Vickers (Seller)

Where

Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
Made in
British Columbia, Canada

When

Creation Date
on July 2, 1975
Ownership Date
before September 26, 1975
Acquisition Date
on September 26, 1975

Other

Item Classes
works on paper
Condition
good
Accession Number
0289/0003