Haida Dogfish / Bill Reid

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Art Item Information

©Gilcrease Museum

Title(s):

Haida Dogfish

Creator(s):

Bill Reid (Artist)

Culture:

Native American; Haida

Materials/Techniques:

foil on paper

Paper/Support:

Portrait; single-sided 0.278-0.288mm cream colored, smooth card stock, machine-made paper. Even distribution of fibers in transmitted light.

Classification:

Prints

Object Type:

Letterpress

Credit Line:

Gift of Dr. Pat and Patti Lester

Accession No:

14.874

Previous Number(s):

TL2005.2.3

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 8 31/32in. (22.8cm)
Width: 6 27/64in. (16.3cm)

Image:

Height: 8 31/32in. (22.8cm)
Width: 6 27/64in. (16.3cm)

Mat:

Height: 17 23/32in. (45.0cm)
Width: 13 25/32in. (35.0cm)

About the Creator(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Bill Reid

Role(s):

Artist

From Getty's Union List of Artist Names:

Names (all):

Reid, Bill

Birth Date:

1920

Death Date:

1998

Nationalities:

Canadian

Roles:

Native Canadian Haida metalsmith, carver, and printmaker, 1920-1998

Gender:

unavailable (information indicator)

Marks and Inscriptions

Inscriptions: inscriptive title on work "Haida Dogfish"

Signed: Signed in print in ink, "Bill Reid" in lower right on recto

Tags and Search Terms

Tags:

Canada, Canadian, embossing, First Nations (culture), fishes (animals), gold (color), Haida, Indigenous paintings included in the Henry Luce Foundation 2020-2022 project, Items included in the Henry Luce Foundation 2020-2022 project, lithographs, Northwest Coast Native American styles, raised

Cite this Page

Reid, Bill. Haida Dogfish. 14.874. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/14874 (08/14/2019).

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