Buffalo Bull, Grazing on the Prairie
1832-1833
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 60.9 × 73.7 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-137846
Beginning in 1830, artist-explorer George Catlin made five trips to the western frontier. He was inspired to go west by the idea that America’s native people and its great herds of buffalo would soon melt away in the face of advancing civilization.
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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