Modern Times
George C. Longfish, Seneca / Tuscorora / American, born 1942
Tuscarora (Haudenosaunee)
Seneca (Haudenosaunee)
Northeast Woodlands
Woodlands
1994
Color lithograph on Arches 88 paper
Panel: 48 7/8 × 36 7/8 in. (124.2 × 93.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Class of 1935 Memorial Fund
© George C. Longfish
2008.41.5abc
Printer
Eileen M. Foti
Publisher
Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Woodlands
Not on view
Label
Like many Native and other American artists, George Longfish builds on the legacy of Pop Art and its use of advertisement and graphic-design elements to convey the complexity of contemporary Haudenosaunee and broader Indigenous experience. In the central panel of this triptych is a jar of Seneca-brand applesauce, a company founded in New York State in 1949. The use of this apple sauce jar calls attention to the ways that tribal nations and imagery have been used to sell “American” products. It also cleverly alludes to the pejorative term “apple,” used by some Native people to describe a fellow Native person who is “Red” on the outside and “White” on the inside.
From the 2026 exhibition American Pop, curated by Jami Powell (Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs & Curator of Indigenous Art), Evonne Fuselier (Hood Museum Board of Advisors Mutual Learning Fellow, Curatorial), and Beatriz Yanes Martinez (former Hood Museum Board of Advisors Mutual Learning Fellow, Curatorial, 2021-2024)
Course History
WRIT 03.05, US History, Immigration, and Native Peoples, Douglas Moody, Winter 2021
WRIT 03.05, US History, Immigration, and Native Peoples, Douglas Moody, Winter 2021
ANTH 55.01, Anthropology of Global Health, Anne Sosin, Fall 2022
Anthropology 55.01, Anthropology of Global Health, Anne Sosin, Spring 2023
Studio Art 77.01, Senior Seminar II, Karol Kawiaka, Spring 2023
Studio Art 77.02, Senior Seminar II, Jen Caine, Spring 2023
Anthropology 55.01, Anthropology of Global Health, Anne Sosin, Fall 2023
Anthropology 55.01, Anthropology of Global Health, Anne Sosin, Spring 2024
Geography 21.01, International Studies 18.01, Global Health and Society, Anne Sosin, Spring 2024
Anthropology 55.01, Anthropology of Global Health, Anne Sosin, Spring 2025
Studio Art 76.02, Senior Seminar I, Tricia Treacy, Winter 2025
Anthropology 55.01, Anthropology of Global Health, Anne Sosin, Winter 2025
Anthropology 55.01, Anthropology of Global Health, Anne Sosin, Spring 2025
Geography 21.01/International Studies 18.01, Global Health and Society, Anne Sosin, Spring 2025
Exhibition History
American Pop, Churchill and Dorothy Lathrop Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 13, 2025 - November 7, 2025.
Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 8, 2011-March 12, 2012.
Provenance
The Judith K. and David J. Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey; sold to present collection, 2008.
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