Cowboys and Indians

For the print portfolio Cowboys and Indians, preeminent American pop artist Andy Warhol combined individual portraits and images of cultural artifacts as a reflection on the mythic past of the so-called American West. Among the last prints produced before the artist’s untimely death in 1987, Warhol used publicity images of legendary entertainment luminaries from across time and venue – including Western genre movie star John Wayne and Wild West Show headliner Annie Oakley – and photographs of artifacts housed in the National Museum of the American Indian in New York City, Such as Kachina dolls and a Northwest Coast mask, to create a view of that past that is complex and subtly troubling. Read more.

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