“If a silent painting hanging on a wall can incite or foment some annoyance, some response, some agitation, then I've accomplished what I set out to do, which is to get a message out there somewhere where it's not supposed to be. I think that's quite an accomplishment.”
—Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Detail, Trade (Gifts for Trading Land with White People), 1992, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia. Image/Artwork: Courtesy of the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York
Provenance
Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New York Private Corporate Collection Acquired from the above by the present owner
signed and dated "Jaune Smith 92" lower right and titled "I see Red: Redskin War Shirt" lower left acrylic, oilstick and printed paper collage on paper 41 3/8 x 29 1/2 in. (105.1 x 74.9 cm) Executed in 1992.