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After the Buffalo Chase - Sioux

National Gallery of Art · Painting

After the Buffalo Chase - Sioux

George Catlin

Date
1861/1869
Medium
oil on card mounted on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 47.6 x 63.8 cm (18 3/4 x 25 1/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Accession number
1965.16.11
Credit line
Paul Mellon Collection
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CAB
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • painted surface
  • American
  • North American Indian
  • genre
  • Buffalo
  • American Paintings, Catlin
  • Sioux
  • Buffalo hunting
Provenance

George Catlin [1796-1872]; by descent to his daughters, Clara Gregory Catlin, Louise Catlin Kinney, and Elizabeth Wing Catlin; purchased 1912 from Elizabeth Wing Catlin by the American Museum of Natural History; sold 1959 through (Kennedy Galleries, New York) to Mr. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift 1965 to the NGA.

Inscription

lower left on card: A/100; upper center on board in applied paint: 299

NGA object ID 50319. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.