Rick Bartow
Story, 2000
drypoint on handmade Japanese Kozo
image 7 x 5 in
paper size approx 13 x 10 (editions vary)
paper size approx 13 x 10 (editions vary)
Edition of 10 (Japanese numbering system, Arabic number on back)
BAR2886
Copyright R.E. Bartow Trusts
$ 700.00
First edition is drypoint on Mitsumata paper with brown ink, paper size 11 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. Second edition is drypoint on Kozo paper with black ink, paper size...
First edition is drypoint on Mitsumata paper with brown ink, paper size 11 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. Second edition is drypoint on Kozo paper with black ink, paper size 16 x 12 in.
2000 Commissioned as Gilkey Center for Graphic Art, Portland Art Museum, patron member print.
In 1998, Bartow told this Crow Story
"This drawing depicts the pan-Northwest Native myth of crow and the sun box. The tale is often called Yealth, which is the Tlingit word for crow or raven. In Crow Story, a powerful chief keeps the sun in a box. Crow tries many ways to trick the chief into releasing the sun, and there are several variations explaining how the sun is freed eventually. Beside crow is a sun mask, which resembles a mask made by Lillian Pitt—a close friend and artist, member of the Warm Springs tribe."
In 2006, Bartow spoke about the crow walking:
"A pow-wow dancer-all bustle and proud-crow-hops the dusty circle dance. Falsetto voices chanting - as drum sticks unite - in a thunderous crescendo - of mother’s great heart beat! Sacred fool, keep away from our daughters and get your sticky fingers out of that pick-nick basket!"
2000 Commissioned as Gilkey Center for Graphic Art, Portland Art Museum, patron member print.
In 1998, Bartow told this Crow Story
"This drawing depicts the pan-Northwest Native myth of crow and the sun box. The tale is often called Yealth, which is the Tlingit word for crow or raven. In Crow Story, a powerful chief keeps the sun in a box. Crow tries many ways to trick the chief into releasing the sun, and there are several variations explaining how the sun is freed eventually. Beside crow is a sun mask, which resembles a mask made by Lillian Pitt—a close friend and artist, member of the Warm Springs tribe."
In 2006, Bartow spoke about the crow walking:
"A pow-wow dancer-all bustle and proud-crow-hops the dusty circle dance. Falsetto voices chanting - as drum sticks unite - in a thunderous crescendo - of mother’s great heart beat! Sacred fool, keep away from our daughters and get your sticky fingers out of that pick-nick basket!"
