Pocahontas Gets a New Passport

Enrique Chagoya, artist

born 1953

Michael Krueger, printer

born 1967

KU Fine Art Department, printer

Pocahontas Gets a New Passport, 2000

Where object was made: Lawrence, Kansas, United States

Material/technique: spit biting; drypoint; color aquatint; etching; wove paper

Dimensions:
Plate Mark/Block Dimensions (Height x Width): Lower plate 201 x 252 mm
Plate Mark/Block Dimensions (Height x Width): Upper plate 251 x 202 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 573 x 390 mm
Plate Mark/Block Dimensions (Height x Width): 7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in
Plate Mark/Block Dimensions (Height x Width): 9 7/8 x 7 15/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 22 9/16 x 15 3/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 32 x 24 in

Credit line: Gift of the KU Art Department, Intaglio Area

Accession number: 2002.0106

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Brosseau Center for Learning: In Conversation with the 2018–19 KU Common Book

“…the immigrant artist must quantify the price of the American Dream in flesh and bone.” (p. 17-18)

Brosseau Center for Learning: Six Degrees of Separation: Prints from KU and Beyond

During Chagoya’s visit to KU in 2000, he created this print of the Powhatan princess Pocahontas. In the top half of the print, Pocahontas is portrayed with a Native headdress, referencing her Indigenous identity. However, in the lower half of the artwork, she is dressed in European clothing that suggests her role in England’s imperial propaganda during the colonization of North America. Her multiple facial features reflect the effects of colonization on Indigenous cultural identity, and on Pocahontas herself.