View in the "Cross Timbers," Texas
1832 or 1834-1835
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 28.5 × 36.5 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-137282
George Catlin traveled widely throughout the frontier, but never crossed into Texas, as the title of this painting implies. “Cross Timbers” probably refers to a location in Comanche Territory, where the artist journeyed in 1834. The conformation of the bald hills resembles Catlin's earlier views of the Upper Missouri, and the painting is of the same small size as the other landscapes in that seri…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Registry history
- 1832 or 1834-1835 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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