Collection Highlights
Chaise (side chair)
1779
1817.13
Beech, gilding; silk upholstery
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Blackfoot (Chief, Wife, Child, and Medicine Man)
Title
Blackfoot (Chief, Wife, Child, and Medicine Man)
Date
1866-68
Medium
Graphite and black ink on card
Dimensions
Overall: 18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 46.7 x 61.3 cm )
Description
Group portrait. Studies of Native Americans: the head chief, his wife, the spiritual leader or 'medicine man' and a young boy.
Credit Line
Purchased by the Society
Object Number
1872.23.39
Inscriptions
Signed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 39. / Blackfoot"; at lower border outside image in black ink: "000 0 00"
Provenance
The artist's collection; Francis Putnam Catlin, the artist's brother, serving as agent to George Henry Moore, acting on behalf of N-YHS
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
