Collection Highlights
Diana of the Chase
ca. 1922
1939.252
Bronze and marble
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Women Bathing (Bathing)
Title
Women Bathing (Bathing)
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
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: a distance view of a large group of women and children bathing in the Missouri River below a village on the bluffs; Catlin observes from the foreground
Credit Line
Purchased by the Society
Object Number
1872.23.123
Marks
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions
Signed at right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 123. / Women Bathing (Mandan)"
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.
