Daphne Odjig's The Medicine Dream (1974) is from a series of drawings commissioned by Dr. Herbert T. Schwarz for their jointly authored Tales from the Smokehouse (1974).
Schwarz has a complicated history (he introduced Odjig to Picasso) and his contribution to the Smokehouse book is unclear. Toronto Star art critic Peter Goddard describes the texts as a compilation of "First Nations erotic tales," while Odjig's Wikipedia entry says the tales were "written by Herbert T. Schwarz." The ArtSask site suggests both versions are true.
Whatever the case, Odjig's The Medicine Dream is not on display at the Kelowna Art Gallery.
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