Indians in Council, California
ca. 1872
- Medium
- oil on paper on canvas
- Dimensions
- 40.4 × 55.5 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-128291
Albert Bierstadt spent two years in California in the early 1870s, sketching the landscape of Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. He was fascinated by the Native Americans he encountered on his journeys and made many sketches of their dwellings, dress, and weapons, including this painting of a group of Indian leaders. He felt that the Native American way of life was “rapidly passing away,” and that i…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Marvin J. and Shirley F. Sonosky in memory of Harryette Cohn
Registry history
- ca. 1872 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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