ID: 901002302 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002302	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Indian Art of the United States (American exhibition, 1941)

Note: Hierarchy: Named exhibitions Exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City, New York; one of the first major exhibitions of Native North American art. Organized by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, a federal arts board managed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Rene D'Harnoncourt, who later became director of MoMA in 1949. At the time, D'Harnoncourt was employed by the Board to exhibit and sell Native works. Considered a catalyst for further exhibitions of Native American art.

Display Date: 22 January-27 April 1941

Names:

	Indian Art of the United States (American exhibition, 1941) (preferred,English-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<Named exhibitions> (P)
		........Indian Art of the United States (American exhibition, 1941) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... art exhibition
	.....(exhibitions (events), events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... Term Not Found
	.....(Native American, Americas, The, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... City of New York
	.....(New York state, United States, North and Central America) (TGN)

	curator is .... D'Harnoncourt, Rene (American artist and museum director, 1901-1968)
	.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)

	curator is .... Indian Arts and Crafts Board (American government agency, established 1934)
	.....(Corporate Bodies) (ULAN)

Sources:

	Indian Art of the United States (American exhibition, 1941)
	................Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) [online] (2010-) "Indian Art of the United States," accessed 13 May 2020, "Indian Art of the United States,"
	................Meyn, More than Curiosities (2001) 59-62; accessed 13 May 2020
	................Berlo, The Art of Indigenous Americans and American Art History (2015) 2; accessed 13 May 2020

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) [online] (2010-) accessed 13 May 2020, "Indian Art of the United States,"
	................ Berlo, The Art of Indigenous Americans and American Art History (2015) 2-3; accessed 13 May 2020
	................ Meyn, More than Curiosities (2001) 59-62; accessed 13 May 2020