Katrina Footprint Artist: Howardena Pindell (American, born 1943, M.F.A. 1967)
Printer: Brandywine Workshop (Philadelphia, founded 1972)

2005–7

Prints and Drawings

Not on view

Only after creating this swirling image of oranges and blues with spiraling directional arrows did Howardena Pindell realize that it looked just like a hurricane tracking map. In late August of 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the southeastern United States, devastating much of the Gulf Coast and killing more than 1,800 people. Pindell’s whirling, torrential composition captures the intensity and destructive power—but also the beauty—of a storm.

Medium

Color lithograph

Dimensions

image: 21 1/8 × 26 7/8 in. (53.7 × 68.3 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Jean and Robert E. Steele, M.P.H. 1971, M.S. 1974, Ph.D. 1975

Accession Number

2009.82.15

Geography

Made in United States

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Prints

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Bibliography
  • Lisa Hodermarsky et al., On the Basis of Art: 150 Years of Women at Yale, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2021), 14, 72, 122, 125, 156, no. 20, fig. 4
Object copyright
© Howardena Pindell/Garth Greenan Gallery
In Copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

abstract (general art genre), lithographs

Subject

African American artists Nature Women artists movement (compositional concept)

Inscriptions

in graphite, lower left: Katrina Footprint -- drawn months before Katrina hit ... 2005-2007

Signed

in graphite, lower right: Howardena Pindell P/P 1

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