War Dancer by Oscar Howe
Another potent image by an artist who helped reshape American Indian art. Signed and dated 1969, Oscar Howe likely portrayed a celebratory dance ahead of battle. Fractured planes of color […]
Oscar Howe
SavvyCollector.com at Scottsdale’s 1st Ferrari Art + Design Fair March 20-23
Proud to debut (left to right) art by Dennis Numkena, Bob Haozous, Keiko Hara, Oscar Howe, Theodore Villa, Steven Yazzie, Nora Naranjo Morse, Dr. Eugene Grigsby, Jr., Harry Fonseca, Bob […]
New Terrains Show at Phillips/ NYC is a Success !
Major USA museums have chosen to add more than half of the artworks sold to date. Private collectors have acquired several highly significant examples. Oscar Howe’s magnificent painting Double Woman […]
New Terrains Contemporary Native American Art
5-23 January 2024 Phillips New York 432 Park Avenue NYC Oscar Howe Double Woman 1962 Examples by more than 60 artists working in a myriad of mediums from 1950 forward […]
Startling Prices Realized for 2 Paintings by Oscar Howe !!!
Expectations were high, but not as lofty as the auction yielded. Auction estimates were recognized to be entirely out of touch with Howe’s past private sales records ($12,000-$18,000), but $180,000.00 […]
Oscar Howe Symposium April 14 & 15 2023 Portland Art Museum (Oregon) Breaking the Chains: Legacy of Oscar Howe summarized
Talented American Indian artists acknowledged their debt to Oscar Howe. Why? Howe wrote an adamant 1958 response to his painting having been excluded from the Philbrook’s Indian Annual competition. His […]
Oscar Howe–Dakota Modern exhibition
“Ceremonial scalp dancing precedes the buying of the scalps. Only those who are pure of heart are allowed to dance the scalps, part of a ceremony to show respect for […]
Adult Prices Achieved for American Indian art !!!
Saturday November 10 2019 Santa Fe Auction’s online sale racked up strong results for American Indian artworks. Top painting performers were Fritz Scholder ($125,000-hammer price, $16,000-hammer price, $10,000-hammer price), Oscar […]
Oscar Howe’s Influence Explained
An exhibition titled Sakahan: 1st International Quinquennial of New Indigenous Art has issued a catalogue to correspond with its opening in May 2013. One of the authors, Gerald Vizenor, expressed […]
Interesting Quote from Vincent Price (April 6, 1960)
“Most Americans are totally unaware there is a great indigenous native American Art. But when you walk into such museums as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the […]