Buffalo Chase in Winter, Indians on Snowshoes
1832-1833
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 60.9 × 73.7 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-137569
In the summer, plains bison led mounted pursuers on dangerous chases. Winter snows, however, made tracking buffalo safer and easier, slowing the animal’s escape and allowing Indian hunters on snowshoes to move easily over the ground. Catlin traveled in the West in the warmer months and never witnessed such a hunt, but he undoubtedly heard descriptions from both Indians and whites and may have see…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Registry history
- 1832-1833 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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