Andean Indian (The Aztec; L'Azteque)

David Porter, American, 1912 - 2005

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1962

Paper collage and oil silkscreened on canvas

Overall: 35 1/16 × 27 in. (89 × 68.6 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase

P.964.196

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Painting

Research Area

Painting

Not on view

Inscriptions

Signed, upper right: Porter; signed, dated, and inscribed on reverse: 4-II / 10 / 62 / Porter / Andean Indian; L' Azteque; inscribed on stretcher: The Aztec

Exhibition History

A Century of American Art, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, January 15-February 15, 1966.

Artists at Dartmouth, A Retrospective of Selected Artists-in-Residence at Darthmouth College since 1962, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September-October, 1971; Boston City Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, October 14-30, 1971; Montgomery Museum, Montgomery, Alabama, April-May 1972.

Contemporary Art from the College Collection, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 31-September 1972.

David Porter, Aritist-in-Residence, Beaumont-May Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 14-December 16, 1964.

Publication History

Peter Smith and Mathew Wysocki, Artists at Dartmouth, A retrospective of selected Artist-in-Residence at Dartmouth College since 1962, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1971, ill. no. page number..

David Porter, Artist-in-Residence, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1964, checklist no. 26.

Provenance

The artist; sold to present collection, 1964.

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