George Catlin and His Indian Gallery
- ISBN-10
- 0393052176
- ISBN-13
- 9780393052176
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 294
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian American Art Museum ; New York : W.W. Norton
- Authors
- Brian W. Dippie, Renwick Gallery, George Catlin
Description
Showcases the work of the early-nineteenth-century artist who made four trips into Native American country as part of an ambition to paint each tribe, noting the influence of period belief systems on his work as well as his passionate affection for his subjects.
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