North American Indians
Type:Print
Year:c. 1844
Size:17.50" x 13.00"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Unsigned
Notes:
Hand-colored lithograph; Ref: #20939
George Catlin ART FOR SALE
1796 Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania - 1872 Jersey City, New Jersey. Known for: Indian genre-figure and portrait painting.
Born in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, George Catlin became the first American artist of stature to visit and depict the Plains Indians on his own volition, and he spent about eight years traveling... Read full biography
Born in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, George Catlin became the first American artist of stature to visit and depict the Plains Indians on his own volition, and he spent about eight years traveling among the 48 North American Indian tribes including to Alaska. His sketches and paintings are the first... Read full biography
Born in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, George Catlin became the first American artist of stature to visit and depict the Plains Indians on his own volition, and he spent about eight years traveling among the 48 North American Indian tribes including to Alaska. His sketches and paintings are the first and most important record of land west of the Mississippi River before white settlement. Historian Robert Taft wrote that . "it can be said that Catlin was the great publicist" of the upper Missouri... Read full biography
Born in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, George Catlin became the first American artist of stature to visit and depict the Plains Indians on his own volition, and he spent about eight years traveling among the 48 North American Indian tribes including to Alaska. His sketches and paintings are the first and most important record of land west of the Mississippi River before white settlement. Historian Robert Taft wrote that . "it can be said that Catlin was the great publicist" of the upper Missouri region as a result of his trip in 1832. "I find Catlin's name the most frequently mentioned in biographical accounts of later artists of the West or for that matter one of the most frequently referred to authorities on the early history of the upper... Read full biography
Born in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, George Catlin became the first American artist of stature to visit and depict the Plains Indians on his own volition, and he spent about eight years traveling among the 48 North American Indian tribes including to Alaska. His sketches and paintings are the first and most important record of land west of the Mississippi River before white settlement. Historian Robert Taft wrote that . "it can be said that Catlin was the great publicist" of the upper Missouri region as a result of his trip in 1832. "I find Catlin's name the most frequently mentioned in biographical accounts of later artists of the West or for that matter one of the most frequently referred to authorities on the early history of the upper Missouri country." (38) . Catlin also recorded Indians in South America, where he toured from 1852 to 1857, having l... Read full biography
George Catlin - Art for Sale (8 available)
Crow - The Red Bear
Type:Drawing
Year:c. 1851
Size:14.00" x 10.50"
Medium:Pencil
Signed:Unsigned
Joc-O-Sot (The Walking Bear)
Type:Other
Year:c. 1844
Size:16.25" x 11.50"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Unsigned
Notes:
Hand-colored lithograph; Ref: #20077
Attacking the Grizzly Bear
Type:Print
Year:c. 1844
Size:12.00" x 17.75"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Unsigned
Notes:
Hand-colored lithograph; Ref: #22440
Camanchee
Type:Drawing
Year:c. 1851
Size:14.00" x 10.50"
Medium:Pencil
Signed:Unsigned
Wi-Jun-Jon
Type:Print
Year:1845
Size:17.50" x 12.00"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Unsigned
Notes:
Plate #25 of Catlin's "North American Indian Portfolio: Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America" 1844.
Buffalo Bull, Grazing
Type:Print
Year:1844
Size:12.00" x 17.62"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Unsigned
Notes:
Folio plate no. 2 . Published in Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. (London: Day & Haghe, 1844) Deluxe edition. Lithograph with superb original hand color and heavy gum arabic, mounted on card with outline ruse. Archival framing.
Buffalo Hunt, Surround
Type:Print
Year:1844
Size:12.00" x 17.75"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Unsigned
Edition:Folio plate no. 9
Notes:
From Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Deluxe edition. Lithograph with original hand color. Strong impression; vivid, bright color.