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Object #     1998-90/150
Object name     Silkscreen Print
Culture of Origin     Haida
Title     Thunderbird
Maker or Artist     Robert Davidson
Materials     Paper, Ink
Techniques     Silkscreen
Dimensions     H: 18 in, W: 14.1 in
Exhibit Label    

"This Thunderbird was one of Robert Davidson's first commercially successful prints. Though unsigned and unnumbered, he printed his logo - initials RD, with the R reversed- in the lower right corner. As with many early prints on non acid-free paper, this one has changed with age, turning greenish from its originsal beige. The inspiration was a Thunderbird design by Charles Edenshaw for a headstone in the Massett cemetery."
Source     Margaret Blackman and Edwin S. Hall, Jr.
Credit     Blackman Hall Northwest Coast Print Collection
 
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