Spearing by Torchlight on the Amazon, 1854/1869

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Medium

oil on card mounted on paperboard

Dimensions

overall: 41 x 57 cm (16 1/8 x 22 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Paul Mellon Collection

Accession Number

1965.16.351

Artists / Makers

George Catlin (artist) American, 1796 - 1872

Image Use

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Provenance

George Catlin [1796-1872]; by descent to his daughters, Clara Gregory Catlin, Louise Catlin Kinney, and Elizabeth Wing Catlin; purchased 1912 from Elizabeth Wing Catlin by the American Museum of Natural History; sold 1959 through (Kennedy Galleries, New York) to Mr. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift 1965 to the NGA.

Associated Names

Mellon, Paul

Exhibition History

1973: George Catlin: Painter of the Indians of the Americas, Sordoni Art Gallery (Opening Exhibition), Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1973, no. 36.

1989: Sudamerica: Pinturas de George Catlin, Museo Franz Meyer, Mexico City; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires; Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, Santiago, Chile, 1989-1990, no. 11, color repro. (organized by United States Information Agency).

1992: South American Indian Paintings by George Catlin (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), The Museums at Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York, 1992.

1994: South American Indian Paintings by George Catlin (NGA National Lending Service Exhibition), The Lowe Art Museum, The University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, 1994-1995.

Bibliography

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 36.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 108, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 125, repro.