Bison-Dance of the Mandan Indians, 1842

Not on View

portfolio Title

Travels in the Interior of North America

Medium

hand-colored etching, aquatint, and mezzotint on wove paper

Dimensions

image: 30.48 × 43.97 cm (12 × 17 5/16 in.)
plate: 41.28 × 54.13 cm (16 1/4 × 21 5/16 in.)

sheet (trimmed at top): 41.75 × 58.9 cm (16 7/16 × 23 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Mary E. Maxwell Fund)

Catalogue Raisonné

Ruud et al. 2004, no. 18, ii/iv

Accession Number

2015.19.974

Artists / Makers

Alex Manceau (artist) Swiss, 1817 - 1865

Karl Bodmer (artist after) Swiss, 1809 - 1893

Chardon ainé et Aze (printer)

Jacob Hölscher (publisher) German, active 19th century

Ackermann & Co. (publisher) est. 1795

Arthus Bertrand (publisher) French, active 19th century

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Inscription

text in plate:
Tab. 18 / K. Bodmer pinx. ad nat / Imp. de Chardon ainé et Aze / Alex. Manceau sculp. / Bisontanz der Mandan Indianer / vor der Medezin hütte / in Mih-Tutta-Hangkusch / Bison-Dance of the Mandan Indians / in front of their Medecine Lodge. / in Mih-Tutta-Hankush / Danse du Bison des Indiens Mandans / devant la Loge de Medecine / a Mih-Toutta-Hangkouche. / Coblenz bei J. Hölscher / London, published by Ackermann & Co. 90. Strand. / Paris. Arthus Bertrand, éditeur

Marks and Labels

blindstamped lower center: C. Bodmer / Direct

Provenance

(The Old Print Shop, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1960; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
The Old Print Shop

Exhibition History

1963: Progress of An American Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1963

1981: The Artist as Illustrator, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981, no. 5

Bibliography

2004: Ruud, Brandon K., ed. Karl Bodmer's North American Prints. Omaha, Nebraska: Joslyn Art Museum, 2004, pp. 134-138, no. 18, ii/iv.