Celebrate a DAI gallery namesake and founding figure of Native American modernism, George Morrison, as he is honored with a pane of 20 stamps from the U.S. Postal Service. The stamps, featuring five expansive paintings by Morrison, will be unveiled at the First Day Release Ceremony in Grand Portage, MN on April 22, 2022. The DAI is honored to exhibit three original George Morrison pieces from the USPS collection.
Image Credit: George Morrison, “Spirit Path, New Day, Red Rock Variation: Lake Superior Landscape,” 1990, acrylic and pastel on paper, 22 ½ x 30 1/8 in.
Collection Minnesota Museum of American Art.
Purchased with funds given by Mrs. Arthur Savage, Mr. John R. Savage, Mrs. Harold Searles, Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Trenerry, and Mr. and Mrs. Louis N. Zelle. 99.04.02.03.