Artist:

George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872  Search this

Sitter:

Pure Fountain  Search this

Medium:

oil on canvas

Dimensions:

29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 60.9 cm)

Type:

Painting

Date:

1832

Luce Center Label:

George Catlin described Pure Fountain as a “young and very pretty woman . . . her neck and arms were curiously tattooed, which is a very frequent mode of ornamenting the body amongst this and some other tribes . . . done by pricking into the skin, gunpowder and vermilion.” He painted Pure Fountain at a Ponca village in 1832. (Catlin, Letters and Notes , vol. 1, no. 26, 1841; reprint 1973)

Topic:

Indian\Ponca  Search this

Portrait female  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.

Object number:

1985.66.96

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Painting and Sculpture

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk783346fe4-488a-41e2-8bdf-97d7ec0fabca

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1985.66.96