Collection Highlights
Parure
ca. 1820
1920.11-17
Cut steel
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Arapaho (Two Men, One Woman, and Infant)
Title
Arapaho (Two Men, One Woman, and Infant)
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: two males with spears and elaborate quivers, and a female who appears pregnant
Credit Line
Purchased by the Society
Object Number
1872.23.78
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. 78. / Arapaho"; at lower border outside image in black ink: "269 258 259"
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.
