Ba-da-ah-tchon-du, Eeh-hee-a-duhks-chee-a, Bi-eets-e-cure
Artist
George Catlin
(American, 1796 - 1872)
Date1852
Mediumpencil and watercolor on cardboard
DimensionsSheet: 17 3/8 × 22 3/4 inches (44.1 × 57.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number11.77.2.F
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 Indian peoples and their customs. He painted nearly five hundred portraits and scenes of life. He used his paintings to make other later versions. Catlin wrote, “The Crow is one of the handsomest Races of men in America, and decidedly the most beautifully dressed.” On the left is Eeh-hee-a-duhks-chee-a (He who ties his hair before), Chief of a Band. In the center is Ba-da-ah-tchon-du (He who jumps over every one), Chief of a Band. On the right is Bi-eets-e-cure (The very sweet man), a warrior of distinction. The Crow Nation (Apsáalooke Nation) is in Montana.
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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