THE ART of the West has a history as long as the West itself and must include the works of not only the American Indians of the tribes familiar to us, but their forerunners, the Cliffdwellers, the Basketmakers, and those who came before them.
In Historic times the list is formidable enough if the early explorers and recorders of the Indian, such as George Catlin, Bodmer and the Indians themselves, are to be included. Of later years Frederic Remington, Charles Schreyvogel and a host of others could not be omitted and so, for the purpose of this exhibition, only the works of men who have painted or otherwise recorded the West during the twentieth century have been gathered, and few enough of them.
Those chosen, although they include some of the greatest names in Western painting, were chosen because their pictures could be found and borrowed, in the time available, and not because they were considered to be better painters than many artists whose works were, perforce, omitted.
The gathering, however, is unique because seldom, if ever before, have the works of all these Western artists been seen together in a show made up of Western art alone.

DON LOUIS PERCEVAL
Pomona College Art Department

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POMONA COLLEGE wishes to make grateful acknowledgment to all those who have so generously loaned their pictures and sculptures for this Exhibition. Their names appear below each item in the Catalogue.
Further thanks are extended to:

Mr. Homer Britzman, for allowing the use of so many color prints of his Charlie Russell pictures for use in this Catalogue, for his help in gathering information for the Catalogue, and for the additional loan of branding irons, buffalo skull, and the Navajo blankets from his collection.
Mr. Buck Weaver, for framing many pictures that were without frames, for his invaluable help in hanging the Exhibition, and for the additional loan of Navajo bayeta and native wool blankets, moccasins, Tewa storage jar, Hopi Kachina doll, flintlock rifle, and steer skull, from his collection.
Mr. A. S. Cowie, for parting with so many pictures from his sales gallery at one time.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. James, for the additional loan of Navajo blankets, Hopi basketry and Kachina dolls, and Hopi and Pueblo pottery, from their collection.
Mr. Don Louis Perceval, for the loan of Navajo blankets, silver, and dolls, Hopi Kachina dolls and baskets, Acoma pottery, Paiute, Pomo and Washoe baskets, from his collection.
Mr. Ralph Altman, of Altman Antiques, for the loan of the Haida and Tlinket masks; Northwest Coast painted panel, basketry hat and totem pole; Nootka and Eskimo baskets; Chumash carved seal; Hopi woman head-dress and pottery bowl; Zuni, Acoma, Desert Papago, and Santo Domingo pottery; Pima basket; prehistoric pottery from Pueblos 1, 2 and 3; Crow woman's dress; Blackfoot painted hide and parfleche.
Mr. Peter Peters, of Peters Arts and Crafts, for his loan of Borego Valley storage jar; Pima, Pomo and Mission baskets; Navajo diamond weave, bayeta, and other blankets.
Mr. Edward H. Bohlin, for the loan of saddles and silverwork from his stock.
C. Hawkins Displays, for the loan of Mojave wood from their stock.
And to Mr. Paul Bailey and his Westernlore Press, for printing this Catalogue at such short notice.

Typography, in the Stymie series, and printing of this catalogue were executed by Paul Bailey and Westernlore Press, Los Angeles. Paper is deckle-edged felt-finished Mellotint. Six hundred copies only were struck off.