Object Details
Artist
David Levinthal, born San Francisco, CA 1949
Exhibition Label
Last Stand Hill reimagines the infamous event also known as the Battle of the Little Bighorn, or Custer's Last Stand. The conflict unfolded in south-central Montana from June 25 to 26, 1876, between the Seventh Regiment of the U.S. Calvary and warriors of the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes. Despite their defeat, Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and his regiment quickly became heroic legends. Levinthal has referenced this decisive battle many times and many different ways over the years. This repetition gestures to the event's cultural prominence and its multiple interpretations.
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Donald Standford Rosenfeld, Jr.
Copyright
© 2014, David Levinthal
Date
2014
Object number
2017.41.27
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Photography
Medium
inkjet print
Dimensions
17 × 22 in. (43.2 × 55.9 cm)
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Department
Graphic Arts
Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Figure group\male
Indian
Occupation\military\soldier
Dress\uniform\military uniform
State of being\death
Landscape\Montana
State of being\illness\wound
Object\other\flag
Object\weapon\gun
Equestrian
Architecture Exterior\military\battlefield
History\United States\Battle of the Little Bighorn
Link to Original Record
Record ID
saam_2017.41.27