Two Apachee Warriors and a Woman
1855/1869
Artist, American, 1796 - 1872
George Catlin

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on card mounted on paperboard
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 46.7 x 62.2 cm (18 3/8 x 24 1/2 in.)
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Accession Number
1965.16.147
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
George Catlin [1796-1872]; by descent to his daughters, Clara Gregory Catlin, Louise Catlin Kinney, and Elizabeth Wing Catlin; purchased 1912 from Elizabeth Wing Catlin by the American Museum of Natural History; sold 1959 through (Kennedy Galleries, New York) to Mr. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift 1965 to the NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1967
Catlin, Bodmer, Miller: Artist Explorers of the 1830's, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1967-1974.
1975
Extended loan for use by The White House, Washington, D.C., 1975-1989.
1992
Extended loan for use by Ambassador William Fitzgerald, U.S. Embassy residence, Dublin, Ireland, 1992-1993.
2000
The American West: Out of Myth, Into Reality, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson; Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago; Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, 2000, no. 81, repro.
2004
Art and the Oval Office: Presidential Selections from the Nation's Museums, 1960-2000, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, 2004-2005, no cat.
Bibliography
1970
American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 24.
1980
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 117, repro.
1992
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 99, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q20188347