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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

Smithsonian American Art Museum 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Archives of American Art 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 2 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of Asian Art 2 Filter by term Exclude term
NMNH - Anthropology Dept. 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Sculpture 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Archival materials 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Prints 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Animals 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Borders (ornament areas) 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Folk art 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Sample books 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Statuettes 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

Chinese 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Egyptians 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Japanese 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1900s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1910s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

Africa 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Chalons-sur-Marne 1 Filter by term Exclude term
China 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Egypt 1 Filter by term Exclude term
France 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Japan 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Upper Egypt 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

Painting and Sculpture 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection 2 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of Asian Art 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Anthropology 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Benson Bond Moore papers, 1902-1995 1 Filter by term Exclude term
C. J. (Clarence Joseph) Bulliet papers, circa 1888-1959 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Google Arts & Culture 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Animals 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Cats 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Art 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Animals in art 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Anthropology 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Archaeology 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Charles Lang Freer collection 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Children 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Chinese Art 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Japanese Art 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Usage conditions apply 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Not determined 6 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 1 Filter by term Exclude term

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Remove Date: 1920s

Cat from a Ball Toss Game

Elegance

Cat, rock, and peonies

Child and Cat

Cast Of Statuette, Cat

Border

Reproduction of Marguerite Zorach's painting Child with cat

Standing Cat with Long Tail

Cats

Sketch of a cat

White Cat

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