Artist:

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

Medium:

oil on canvas

Dimensions:

19 5/8 x 27 1/2 in. (49.7 x 70.0 cm)

Type:

Painting

Date:

1837-1839

Luce Center Label:

George Catlin described this magical image as “the figure of a buffalo cut out of the turf on the prairie, and visited by the Indians going on a buffalo-hunt.” (Catlin, 1848 Catalogue, Catlin’s Indian Gallery, SAAM online exhibition)

Topic:

Figure group\male  Search this

Western  Search this

Indian\Dakota  Search this

Indian\Sioux  Search this

Ceremony\Indian\Medicine Ceremony  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

1985.66.485

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/vk71841050f-fe78-4f48-a191-87d49ea79aca

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1985.66.485