Members-Only Tour: House Made of Dawn at the New York Historical
12–1pm
In honor of Poster House’s upcoming exhibition Designed to Be Red: Native American & Indigenous Poster Works, members are invited to a guided tour of House Made of Dawn: Art by Native Americans 1880 to Now, Selections from the Hsu-Tang Collection at The New York Historical.
House Made of Dawn presents work by artists of diverse Indigenous heritage, beginning with artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries: ceramists Nampeyo of Hano (Tewa) and Maria Martinez (San Ildefonso), professional painters and illustrators Angel De Cora (Ho-Chunk) and Hart Lone Wolf Schultz (Blackfeet), and poet and opera composer Zitkala-Ša (Yankton Dakota).
The exhibition introduces seminal works on paper by early artists such as Awa Tsireh, Stephen Mopope of the Kiowa Six, and others who invented and advanced the “Flat Style” and achieved international recognition, including at the 1932 Venice Biennale. It also features a pair of mid-20th century works by modernist pioneers Oscar Howe (Yanktonai Dakota) and George Morrison (Ojibwe), and works by Jaune Quick-to-See-Smith (Salish) and Emmi Whitehorse (Navajo), who formed the groundbreaking collective Grey Canyon Artists (1977–1981).
Additionally, the exhibition marks the first time important works by photography pioneer Lee Marmon (Laguna) have been exhibited at a New York museum, including a rare first edition of his iconic 1954 image White Man’s Moccasins.
The New York Historical suggests that participants arrive 15-20 minutes prior to your scheduled reservation time for group check-in. Tickets to this tour include full-day museum admission.
Accessibility Note: ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is also available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event-related questions, please contact events@posterhouse.org.
Image Credit: Lee Marmon (Laguna Pueblo, 1925-2021), White Man’s Moccasins, 1954. Gelatin silver print. Collection of Agnes Hsu-Tang and Oscar Tang, The Hsu-Tang Collection.