Details
GEORGE CATLIN (1796-1872)
Shooting Buffalo in the Snow
signed and dated 'Catlin 54' (lower left)
oil on canvas
19 ¹/₄ x 26 ³/₄ in. (48.9 x 67.95 cm.)
Painted in 1854.
Provenance
The artist.
Samuel Colt, Hartford, Connecticut, commissioned from the above, circa 1854.
Elizabeth Jarvis Colt, Hartford Connecticut, widow of the above, by 1862.
Hetty Hart Jarvis Beach, Hartford Connecticut, sister of the above, before 1898.
Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Robinson, Newport, Rhode Island, daughter of the above, after 1898.
Elizabeth Robinson Cushman, Port Washington, NY, daughter of the above.
Harry L. Stern, Ltd, Chicago, Illinois.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1983.
Literature
W.H. Truettner, The Natural Man Observed: A Study of Catlin’s Indian Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1979, no. 556, illustrated.
T. Armstrong, An American Odyssey: The Warner Collection of Fine and Decorative Arts. New York, 2002, p. 118, illustrated.
Exhibition
Santa Barbara California, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Painting Today and Yesterday in the U.S., June 5 - September 1, 1941.
Jacksonville, Florida, The Cummer Gallery of Art, Selections from The Warner Collection, September 14 – November 11, 1984.
Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham Museum of Art, American Masterpieces from the Warner Collection, January 31 – March 29, 1984.
South Bend, Indiana, South Bend Art Center, American Masterpieces from the Warner Collection, December 9, 1989 – February 4, 1990.
Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Impressions of America, June 18 – July 28, 1991.
Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, American Dreams: Paintings and Decorative Arts from the Warner Collection, September 20, 1997- January 25, 1998.
