
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: 47.5 x 62.8 cm (18 11/16 x 24 3/4 in.)
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Accession Number
1965.16.289
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.
1992
Picturing Paradise: The Rain Forest at Risk, Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta, Georgia, 1992-1993, no. cat.
Bibliography
1970
American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 36.
1980
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 74, repro.
1992
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 115, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q20188110