The Plains

Copied Ed Rossbach, The Plains, 1990, ash, bark, cotton, paint, string, and rice paper, 14 3⁄4 x 11 5⁄8 x 8 1⁄4 in. (37.5 x 29.5 x 21.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Eleanor T. and Samuel J. Rosenfeld, 2002.8.11

Artwork Details

Title
The Plains
Artist
Date
1990
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
14 3⁄4 x 11 5⁄8 x 8 1⁄4 in. (37.5 x 29.5 x 21.0 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Eleanor T. and Samuel J. Rosenfeld
Mediums
Mediums Description
ash, bark, cotton, paint, string, and rice paper
Classifications
Keywords
  • Landscape — plain
  • Animal — buffalo
Object Number
2002.8.11
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2002.8.11

Artwork Description

In the mid-1980s, Ed Rossbach began to create baskets made out of folded and stapled bark, often decorated with drawings or commercially produced illustrations applied with a heat-transfer process. The Plains is one of the most intensely colored examples from this group, which offer historical and pop-cultural images of Plains animals and Native Americans. Rossbach and his wife, Katherine Westphal, collected these as they traveled across the country, researching different textile traditions.