Little Bear, Steep Wind, The Dog; Three Distinguished Warriors of the Sioux Tribe
ca. 1865-1871
- Medium
- oil on paperboard
- Dimensions
- 47.7 × 63.3 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-137283
After traveling and painting in South America, George Catlin settled in Brussels in 1860, where he re-created many of the works from his Indian Gallery. He called his second collection “cartoons” because he created the images from pencil outlines drawn on cardboard. In this composition, he combined three individual portraits from the Indian Gallery into a group portrait. “I painted the portrait o…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Registry history
- ca. 1865-1871 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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