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The image shows a landscape with a low horizon line, featuring trees and tent-like structures. The sky above transitions from warm oranges and yellows to darker clouds. The land has various green and brown hues, with small clusters of trees. In the distance, a body of water reflects the sky, and a canoe is visible. The overall color palette includes earthy tones in the land and vivid colors in the sky.
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The image shows a landscape with a low horizon line, featuring trees and tent-like structures. The sky above transitions from warm oranges and yellows to darker clouds. The land has various green and brown hues, with small clusters of trees. In the distance, a body of water reflects the sky, and a canoe is visible. The overall color palette includes earthy tones in the land and vivid colors in the sky.

National Gallery of Art · Painting

A Sioux War Party

George Catlin

Date
1861/1869
Medium
oil on card mounted on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 46.9 x 61.5 cm (18 7/16 x 24 3/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Accession number
1965.16.15
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
  • military
  • American Paintings, Catlin
  • Sioux
  • Lake Calhoun
  • landscape
  • War Party
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/105; upper center on board in pink paint: 527; lower right on board on applied paper: 15; upper left reverse on cellophane tape: Lot 7-101; center left reverse, newspaper remnant, one word legible: aout; center reverse, newspaper remnant: donner u

NGA object ID 50323. 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.