Pipestone Quarry on the Coteau des Prairies
1836-1837
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 49.5 × 69.2 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-138549
George Catlin made this sketch in 1836, when he made his well-documented journey to the Pipestone Quarry in today’s Minnesota, where Plains Indians harvested the red steatite to make their pipe bowls. He was not the first white man to visit the sacred quarry, but he was the first to record its appearance. He wrote of the journey and the site: “For many miles we had the Coteau in view in the dista…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Registry history
- 1836-1837 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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