1931 Kenneth Chapman Indian Pottery Exposition Indian Tribal Arts Booklet RARE

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Here is a rarity from noted LABORATORY OF ANTHROPOLOGY ( Santa Fe ) author KENNETH CHAPMAN  ~~  " INDIAN POTTERY "  ~~  published by " THE  EXPOSITION  OF  TRIBAL  INDIAN  ARTS , INC.  ....  PERMANENT  OFFICE  :  578  MADISON  AVENUE ,  NEW YORK, NEW YORK "  a 12 page softcover brochure booklet from one of the first Depression Era museum shows targeted at opening up a market revenue stream for Native American artists and artisans for their artistic endeavors.
In 1931, the
Exposition of Indian Tribal Arts
was presented at the Grand Central Art Galleries in New York City. The exposition was sponsored by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the Secretary of the Interior, and the College Art Association. The organizers of the exposition wanted to show Indian art as a traditional art form. The show included more than 600 pieces of pottery, jewelry, textiles, sculpture, paintings, beadwork, and basketry. According to the show?s catalog, the purpose of the exposition was to give the
?Indian a chance to prove himself to be not a maker of cheap curios and souvenirs, but a serious artist worthy of our appreciation and capable of making a cultural contribution that will enrich our modern life.?
With regard to the Indian artists who participated in the exposition, the news media tended to dwell on the quirks of the ?quaint? Indians visiting the big city: according to some reports the Indians were said to be bothered by elevators. On the other hand, there were a number of news reports which respected the artists and their works. From the larger perspective of art history, Indian cultures were in the process of being discovered by American modernists. European surrealists were exhibiting their works next to the works of Native peoples and seeing in this indigenous art an expression of a primordial order that was often lost in traditional Western art.
In 1932, the Whitney Museum in New York bought Pueblo (San Ildefonso) artist Tonita Peña?s painting
Basket Dance
for 5. This was the highest price paid up to this time for a Pueblo painting. Most Native American paintings at this time were selling for to . Her works had been exhibited the year before in the
Exposition of Indian Tribal Arts
.
Chapman's offering is a summary of  Native American Pottery culminating in the only region with a still active pottery culture  and a sampling of works from the Pueblos , Mesa's &  Prehistoric Ceramics of Americas' Arizona & New Mexico Southwest with illuminating text and photos.  It  measures 7 1/2"  by  8 1/2"   Please feel free to ask any questions or request closeups  !!!!
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