Installation view of exhibition titled “Indian Art of the United States,” January 9, 1942 – February 8, 1942.

• Main Author: Cleveland Museum of Art
• Other Authors: D'Harnoncourt, Rene, 1901-1968; Douglas, Frederic H. (Frederic Huntington), 1897-1956; Klumb, Henry, 1905-1984; Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.); Ohio State Museum; United States. Indian Arts and Crafts Board
• Format: Still Image
• Language: English
• Published: 1942
• Subjects: Exhibition; Indigenous art > North America; Indians of North America > art; Indian; Rene; haida; inuit; tlingit; Tsimshian; Tsimshian*; Yupik
• Online Access: http://cdm17142.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17142coll1/id/5146

“Indian Art of the United States” was a survey of art made by Indigenous North Americans circulated by the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Some artworks were loaned to the Cleveland Museum of Art by the Ohio State Museum (now the Ohio History Connection). The Cleveland Museum of Art Bulletin states that the exhibition “will serve as a torch to rekindle interest in the original handicrafts of the Indian.” According to the exhibition catalog, the exhibition was prepared by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board of the United States Department of the Interior in collaboration with Frederic H. Douglas, Rene d’Harnoncourt, and Henry Klumb. The exhibition included art by the following people, cultures, and traditions: Acoma Pueblo, Apache, Cree, Delaware, Haida, Hopewell, Hopi, Inuit, Navajo or Diné, Pomo, Seneca Nation of Indians, Tlingit, Tsimshian, Yupik, and Zuni. This list is based on available records and is not comprehensive.