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Artful Cats: Feline-Inspired Art and Artifacts

Enjoy a selection of cat-themed art from across the Smithsonian. Not a cat person? Check out Dog: Museum’s Best Friend.

Museum / Unit

Archives of American Art 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 10 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of Asian Art 8 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of the American Indian 4 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 2 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Anacostia Community Museum 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Archival materials 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Prints 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Works of art 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Graphic arts 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Jewelry 3 Filter by term Exclude term
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Culture

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Egyptians 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Indians of North America 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Native Americans 4 Filter by term Exclude term
California Indians 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Asian Americans 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Payómkawichum (Luiseño) 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Central California 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Chinese 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Miwok Indians 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1860s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
1870s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
1880s 5 Filter by term Exclude term
1890s 5 Filter by term Exclude term
1900s 7 Filter by term Exclude term
1920s 5 Filter by term Exclude term
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1980s 4 Filter by term Exclude term
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USA 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Arizona 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Egypt 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Maricopa County 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Scottsdale 2 Filter by term Exclude term
United States of America 2 Filter by term Exclude term
China 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Italy 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Kyoto 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection 10 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of Asian Art 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Google Arts & Culture 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Graphic Arts 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Painting and Sculpture 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 3 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery Collection 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Painting/Drawing/Print 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Maryette Charlton papers, circa 1890-2013 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Cats 29 Filter by term Exclude term
Animals 25 Filter by term Exclude term
Art 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Charles Lang Freer collection 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Children 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Artists 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Japanese Art 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Women 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Ancient Egyptian Art 3 Filter by term Exclude term

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Cat from a Ball Toss Game

Cat with lantern

Girl with Cat

Honorable Mr. Cat

Cat in Eakins's Yard

Cat, rock, and peonies

Cat & I

Head of a Cat

Cats

Figure of a cat, probably Kyoto ware

The Puppy-cat and the Baby

Mary Elizabeth Francis, the Artist's Daughter

Cheshire Cat (costume design for Alice-in-Wonderland, 1915)

Basket with cover

Basket in the form of a cat

Poster Calendar 1897

Painting of a black cat

Vase

Cat and Dragonfly Silhouette

Sitting figure of cat with kittens

Reproduction of a Miné Okubo painting featuring a cat and horse

Reproduction of Marguerite Zorach's painting Child with cat

Needlepoint Rug with Cats and Toys

Lenore Tawney mail art to Maryette Charlton

Papyrus column with two cats

Man with the Cat (Henry Sturgis Drinker)

Stamp with head and shoulders of a kitten with grey, brown, and white fur on a white background

44c Adopt a Shelter Pet: Gray & White Cat single

Stamp with head and shoulders of a cat with dark brown head and white chest on a white background

44c Adopt a Shelter Pet: Black, White, & Tan Cat single

Cats

Print

Three Cats

Print

Rolling Cat

Cats

Sketch of a cat

Sketch of a cat

Sketchbook of cats

Art school sketchbook

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