The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 30, 2026

Five horizontally arranged woodcuts depict figures against vibrant, patterned backgrounds. From left, a figure holds pistols before purple polka dots. Next, a person sits in a wicker chair near a window. The central figure has hair in circular buns and a striped purple shawl. To the right, a person in a red dress sits before a rural landscape. The final profile wears a wolf headdress. Vertical columns of geometric shapes border each panel.

Memorial Woodcut Suite

c. 1978

T. C. Cannon

(Kiowa-Caddo, 1946–1978)
carver

Maeda Kentaro

(Japanese, c. 1891–1987)
printer

Matashiro Uchikawa

(Japanese, active 1900s)
publisher

Aberbach Fine Art

(New York)
America
Suite of five color woodcuts
Partial purchase from the Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund and partial gift from Stephen Dull 2025.5
© Estate of T.C. Cannon
Location: 101B Prints & Drawings

Did You Know?

T. C. Cannon studied with Native American painter Fritz Scholder while a student at the Institute of American Indian Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Description

One of the most highly sought-after Indigenous artists, Cannon was a talented painter and an enrolled member of the Kiowa Tribe. His distinct portraits of Native subjects, infused with a bright color palette and drawing from a Pop aesthetic, combine both traditional and contemporary aesthetic traditions. The group in its entirety gives an overview of the artist’s unique visual vocabulary and investigations into the nuance and complexity of Indigenous identity. Each print is based on a major painting in the artist’s oeuvre.
  • ?–?
    Auerback Fine Art, New York, NY
    ?–2025
    (Zaplin Lampert Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
  • still/emerging: Native American Works on Paper. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 1-June 7, 2026).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2025.5