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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

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 13 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of the American Indian 4 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Drawings 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Prints 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Embroidery (visual works) 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Figures (representations) 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Painting/Drawing/Print 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Design drawings 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Animals 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Basket with cover 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Fill papers 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Music 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

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
Payómkawichum (Luiseño) 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Central California 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Miwok Indians 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Southwest Indians 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Tohono O'Odham Indians 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1930s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 4 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 5 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 5 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

Arizona 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Maricopa County 2 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Scottsdale 2 Filter by term Exclude term
New Mexico 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Santa Fe 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Santa Fe County 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Painting/Drawing/Print 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Textiles Department 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Payómkawichum (Luiseño) 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Containers and Vessels 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Mewuk (Miwok) 1 Filter by term Exclude term
NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Tohono O'odham (Papago) 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Wallcoverings Department 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Not determined 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Usage conditions apply 4 Filter by term Exclude term

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Cat and Snail

Child and Cat

Two Cats

Cat and Snail

Mabel's

Textile Design: Cats and Birds

Design for a Spot for The New Yorker

Basket with cover

Basket in the form of a cat

Cat and Canary

Three Crouching Cats

Illustration for Carol's Side of the Street

Dingbat the Singing Cat

Cat and Snail

Seven Figures Wearing Hats, with Four Dogs and a Cat

Cats

Print

Three Cats

Print

Rolling Cat

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