Smithsonian American Art Museum
George Catlin: The Artist and the American Indian
June 5, 1981 – September 13, 1981
On view are 111 paintings, selected from the 445 in the museum's collection. Executed by Catlin between 1830 and 1848, the landscapes, portraits, and scenes of Indian life were intended to document a vanishing race for posterity.
Related book: Natural Man Observed
