About the Artwork
Chief Black Rock with His Wife and Daughter
1865
George Catlin
1796-1872
American
Unknown
Watercolor
Image: 14 1/2 × 19 1/2 inches (36.8 × 49.5 cm) Sheet: 18 1/4 × 22 1/2 inches (46.4 × 57.2 cm)
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Gift of Mr. Demming Jarves
08.10
Public Domain
Markings
Signed and dated, lower right: Geo. Catlin, 1865
Provenance
1908-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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American 19th Century Painting. Exh. cat., Michigan State University. East Lansing, Michigan, 1966, no. 25 (ill.).
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George Catlin, Chief Black Rock with His Wife and Daughter, 1865, watercolor. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. Demming Jarves, 08.10.
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