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The image shows a landscape with blue-green mountains, a riverbank with a path, teepee structures in a grassland, and small human figures. The sky has pastel blue and pink tones, and the color palette is dominated by greens, blues, and earth tones. The brushstrokes are smooth and deliberate.
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The image shows a landscape with blue-green mountains, a riverbank with a path, teepee structures in a grassland, and small human figures. The sky has pastel blue and pink tones, and the color palette is dominated by greens, blues, and earth tones. The brushstrokes are smooth and deliberate.

National Gallery of Art · Painting

A Small Crow Village

George Catlin

Date
1855/1869
Medium
oil on card mounted on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 46.8 x 62.8 cm (18 7/16 x 24 3/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Accession number
1965.16.26
Credit line
Paul Mellon Collection
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CAB
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • painted surface
  • American
  • Village
  • American Paintings, Catlin
  • North American Indian
  • architecture
  • landscape
  • Crow
  • Salmon River
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.

NGA object ID 50334. 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.