Art Survey No. 1013: Looking at the Sun., 1853 - 1870
Scope and Contents
The Art Survey is an inventory of artwork throughout the Museum. It is not exhaustive: numerous additional artworks are documented in the library catalog after the survey's completion. Additional research on artworks in the Museum is in progress.
Dates
- 1853 - 1870
Biographical sketch
Born in: Wilkes-Barre, PA;Died in: Jersey City, NJ.Active in: U.S.; Europe.Catlin's 1840s and 1850s portraits and paintings of Indian and western culture are important documents in American history, anthropology, and art.
Extent
1 Painting (1 painting: Oil;, 17 13/16 x 24 in.)
Language of Materials
English
Publication Date
1853-1870.
General Note
First sketched on the Missouri in 1832, Sioux ceremony to become "Medicine Man."
General Note
Support: Paper.
General Note
Negative #327044; 4"x5" slide #908; 35mm slide #908.
General Note
Catlin cat. (1871) #187.
General Note
Indians grouped around a man who is staring at sun while being connected by pierced stakes through his chest to a lance, men playing drums at right.
General Note
Condition: Fair (4).
General Note
Frame: Mounted on painted green cardboard, 21 x 27 1/2.
General Note
Exhibitions note: 10/16/1958 - 10/31/1958"George Catlin." Kennedy Galleries.
General Note
http://libcat1.amnh.org/record=b1001012
Local Note
4-305.
Creator
- From the Collection: Sweimler, Joel D. (Compiler, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository
American Museum of Natural History
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New York NY 10024 USA
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