Cross, Wounded Knee, South Dakota
Artist
David Michael Kennedy
(American; born Nassau, New York, born 1950)
Date2003
MediumGelatin silver print, toned
DimensionsImage: 16 1/2 × 21 1/2 in. (41.9 × 54.6 cm)
Support: 29 1/2 × 24 1/2 in. (74.9 × 62.2 cm)
Mat: 24 1/2 × 29 1/2 in. (62.2 × 74.9 cm)
Support: 29 1/2 × 24 1/2 in. (74.9 × 62.2 cm)
Mat: 24 1/2 × 29 1/2 in. (62.2 × 74.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Don Moritz, 2022
Object number2022.13.15
DescriptionCemetery with wooden cross in foreground and several crosses in background, bare trees at left background, snow on ground. Vignetting effect leaves darker areas at corner of image with an approximately circular highlighted space at center.eMuseum Notes
Wounded Knee is on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwestern South Dakota and is known for an 1890 attack by a U.S. Calvalry regiment during which they killed nearly 300 residents. The site was designated a Historial National Landmark in 1965 and continues to be a potent symbol of violent colonization.
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David Michael Kennedy
Negatives 1991, prints 1996, issued as portfolio 1996