portrait of Red Fish

David Francis Barry, artist

1854–1934

portrait of Red Fish, circa 1885

Where object was made: Bismarck, Dakota Territory (present-day North Dakota), United States

Material/technique: albumen print

Dimensions:
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 16.4 x 10.7 cm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 6 7/16 x 4 3/16 in
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 15 x 10.3 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 5 7/8 x 4 1/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 19 in

Credit line: Gift of H. Greissinger

Accession number: 2007.7463

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Red Fish’s head-on pose gives this photograph a scientific cast, and suggests an unbridgeable, hierarchical chasm between photographer and his subject. The plain background removes Red Fish from the context of his daily life, his friends and peers. Combined with other, similar photographs, this portrait does not describe Red Fish, but serves to create the category “Indian.”