Spearing by Torchlight on the Amazon
1854/1869
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: 41 x 57 cm (16 1/8 x 22 7/16 in.)
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Accession Number
1965.16.351
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
1973
George Catlin: Painter of the Indians of the Americas, Sordoni Art Gallery (Opening Exhibition), Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1973, no. 36.
1989
Sudamerica: Pinturas de George Catlin, Museo Franz Meyer, Mexico City; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires; Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, Santiago, Chile, 1989-1990, no. 11, color repro. (organized by United States Information Agency).
1992
South American Indian Paintings by George Catlin (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), The Museums at Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York, 1992.
1994
South American Indian Paintings by George Catlin (NGA National Lending Service Exhibition), The Lowe Art Museum, The University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, 1994-1995.
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: 108, repro.
1992
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 125, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q20188198