Max Becher and Andrea Robbins

Max Becher

German (Düsseldorf, Germany, 1964)

Andrea Robbins

American (Boston, Massachusetts, 1963)

Chief, from the series German Indians

1997-1998
photograph | chromogenic print
Not currently on view in the museum
Chief, from the series German Indians
35 1/4 in. x 30 1/2 in. (89.54 cm x 77.47 cm)
Acquired 2000
Collection SFMOMA
Purchase through a gift of Ronald W. Garrity
© Max Becher and Andrea Robbins, courtesy of the artists and Sonnabend Gallery
2000.496
Keywords

Native American, headdresses, buckskins, flags, costumes, teepees, acting, posing, tomahawks, hatchets, feathers, make-believe, role-playing, tribal


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