Contemporary American Indian paintings from the Margretta S. Dietrich collection
This is a catalogue of contemporary American Indian paintings drawn from the Margretta S. Dietrich collection, issued by the United States Information Service with a date recorded as 1900 that conflicts with its modern subject matter. The pictures are flat, stylised paintings of Native figures in ceremonial and everyday dress, with simple outlines, solid areas of colour and decorative geometric borders. A designer could take from them the patterned beadwork, fringed garments and bold two-tone silhouettes as a reference for graphic motifs.
