Addih-Hiddisch, A Minatarre Chief (Tableau 24)
Artist
Karl Bodmer
(Swiss, 1809 - 1893)
Date1842
Mediumengraving on paper
Dimensions27 7/8 × 18 1/4 inches (70.8 × 46.4 cm)
Credit LinePurchase of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 1994
Object number91.121.22
ClassificationsPrints
Label TextKarl Bodmer came to America with a German prince. Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied had scientific interests. He hired Bodmer to document his trip with paintings of the native peoples and landscapes. The prince wrote a book about the trip, and Bodmer prepared the illustrations. They spent the winter of 1833–1834 at Fort Clark. There, Bodmer painted Chief Addih-Haddisch (the Prince’s spelling) in a noble pose. His name translates as Maker of Roads. Addih-Haddisch was a Minatarre, or Hidatsa. Today, the Hidatsa are part of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation. The reservation of these Three Affiliated Tribes is at Fort Berthold, North Dakota.
ProvenancePurchased August 7, 1970 through (The Old Print Shop, New York, New York) by Donald S. Graham, Denver, Colorado; purchased November 28, 1994 through (Anderson O'Brien Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska) by the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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