Wan-ee-ton, Wah-na, Nin-nin-ee
Artist
George Catlin
(American, 1796 - 1872)
Date1852
Mediumpencil and watercolor on cardboard
DimensionsSheet: 17 3/8 x 22 3/4 inches (44.1 x 57.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number11.77.2.C
ClassificationsPaper
DescriptionPages are now separate. Original worn buckrum binding, black leather corners and spine, gold lines. Encased in a red portfolio.Label TextIn the 1830s, Catlin traveled to the West to record and document Indian peoples and their customs. He used his paintings to make later versions such as this watercolor. In the center is Wan-ee-ton (the Thinker). He was “Chief of the Susseton [Sisseton] Band of the Sioux—a very distinguished man, in a magnificent costume; his head-dress of Eagles quills, descending to the ground.” On the right is Wah-na, “a famous warrior of the Susseton [Sisseton] Band, with shield and quiver slung, and lance in his hand.” On the left is Nin-nin-ee, “little daughter of the chief, in a pretty dress of skins.
ProvenancePurchased June 11, 1956 through (Charles Eberstadt, Edward Eberstadt & Sons, New York, New York) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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