View in the Grand Detour, 1900 Miles above St. Louis
1832
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 28.4 × 36.5 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-135660
George Catlin described this scene as “magnificent clay bluffs, with red pumice-stone resting on their tops, and a party of Indians approaching buffalo.” The artist painted this image in 1832 while on a lengthy voyage northwest on the Missouri River. (Catlin, 1848 Catalogue, Catlin’s Indian Gallery, SAAM online exhibition)
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Registry history
- 1832 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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