Band of Sioux Moving Camp
1837-1839
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 49.4 × 69.8 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-137044
George Catlin described this scene as “five or six hundred wigwams, with all their furniture . . . creeping over the grass-covered plains of this country; and three times that number of men, on good horses, strolling along in front or on the flank . . . and every cur [dog] . . . who is large enough, and not too cunning to be enslaved, is encumbered with a car or a sled . . . on which he patiently…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Registry history
- 1837-1839 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
Registered on Collect24
The identity of the collector is never published. Purchase information, documents and the exact location of the artwork remain private.
Ownership not yet verified on Collect24
This artwork is documented in the Global Art Registry, but no Collect24 account is linked to it as the owner. Claiming keeps this record and its Collect24 Art ID — nothing is created a second time.
Do you own or represent this artwork? Claim this artwork →Auction history
Public sale records matched to this work. Ownership is never disclosed.
Loading sale records…