included and the powerful, emotion filled countenance of Geronimo won out over the taciturn portrait of Sitting Bull. Warhol told Alvin Josephy that the image of William F. would be “Buffalo Bill” Cody included in the finished portfolio. The presence of the legendary scout, pony express rider and showman, certainly would have made sense. Perhaps more than any other individual, Cody was responsible for developing and presenting the myth of the Old West to the world through the imagery and spectacle of Buffalo Wild West show, which greatly influenced western Bill’s movie makers. Why Cody is not a part of roundup of western icons is a mystery. Warhol’s Perhaps he was deemed passé or maybe none of the scores of photographs and other images of the suited the artist. Whatever the case, his absence from the portfolio is notable. “Great Scout” Photographs from the opening reception at the Museum of the American Indians show that a Mimbres bowl was also considered for the suite. Why this artifact Cowboys and Indians was not included in the final edition cannot be determined with certainty. Warhol intended to use only two or three artifact-based images in the suite. Perhaps, he felt that the shape and bowl’s three-dimensional nature were too difficult to capture, or that the visual impact of the object was less powerful than the other objects. The publisher may have considered the 14th century bowl’s origins too far removed from the rest of the images, which date from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
included and the powerful, emotion filled countenance of Geronimo won out over the taciturn portrait of Sitting Bull. Warhol told Alvin Josephy that the image of William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody would be included in the finished portfolio. The presence of the legendary scout, pony express rider and showman, certainly would have made sense. Perhaps more than any other individual, Cody was responsible for developing and presenting the myth of the Old West to the world through the imagery and spectacle of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show, which greatly influenced western movie makers. Why Cody is not a part of Warhol’s roundup of western icons is a mystery. Perhaps he was deemed passé or maybe none of the scores of photographs and other images of the “Great Scout” suited the artist. Whatever the case, his absence from the portfolio is notable. Photographs from the opening reception at the Museum of the American Indians show that a Mimbres bowl was also considered for the Cowboys and Indians suite. Why this artifact was not included in the final edition cannot be determined with certainty. Warhol intended to use only two or three artifact-based images in the suite. Perhaps, he felt that the bowl’s shape and three-dimensional nature were too difficult to capture, or that the visual impact of the object was less powerful than the other objects. The publisher may have considered the bowl’s 14th century origins too far removed from the rest of the images, which date from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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