Battle Between Sioux and Sac and Fox
1846-1848
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 66.7 × 82.6 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-135693
George Catlin prized the authenticity of his depictions of Native Americans, and cited the “historical fact” that the Sioux warrior “killed and scalped on his horse’s back.” Catlin painted this work in Paris between 1846 and 1848, when he was creating dramatic, more highly finished paintings for a European clientele hungry for the romance of the American West. (Catlin, 1848 Catalogue, Catlin’s In…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Registry history
- 1846-1848 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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