Hawk and Crows
Rick Bartow, Hawk and Crows, 1990, acrylic, cedar, bone, gold leaf, copper, and graphite, Gift of the Artist and the Froelick Adelhart Gallery, © Courtesy of the artist and Froelick Gallery, 1995.59A-C
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- Title
Hawk and Crows
- Artist
- Date
1990
- Medium
acrylic, cedar, bone, gold leaf, copper, and graphite
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
48 in x 13 in x 3 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
signature: , brushed, lower right of center panel
- Collection Area
Native American Art; Modern and Contemporary Art; Northwest Art
- Category
California
Sculpture
Paintings
- Object Type
sculpture
painting
- Culture
American
- Cultural Group
Wiyot
- Credit Line
Gift of the Artist and the Froelick Adelhart Gallery
- Accession Number
1995.59A-C
- Copyright
© Courtesy of the artist and Froelick Gallery
- Terms
In the work of Yurok artist Rick Bartow, human and animal images meld together, suggesting the interconnectedness of nature. In this cedar triptych, a crow and hawk mask human figures. For Bartow, these "transformational images" directly reference the myths he encountered while studying Native American carving techniques and symbolize the natural order and the power of change and redemption.
