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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 42 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of Asian Art 13 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum 10 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Archives of American Art 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Graphic arts 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Sculpture 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Postage stamps 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Prints 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Drawings 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Folk art 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Jewelry 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Ornaments 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs 4 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

Japanese 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Egyptians 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Chinese 2 Filter by term Exclude term
African Americans 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Asian Americans 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Iranians 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Muslims 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1640s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
1880s 4 Filter by term Exclude term
1890s 4 Filter by term Exclude term
1900s 9 Filter by term Exclude term
1920s 7 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 11 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 6 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 8 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 5 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 7 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States of America 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Japan 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Egypt 4 Filter by term Exclude term
China 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Illinois 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Kyoto 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Maine 1 Filter by term Exclude term
New York City 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Rome 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection 42 Filter by term Exclude term
Graphic Arts 23 Filter by term Exclude term
Painting and Sculpture 18 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of Asian Art 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Google Arts & Culture 12 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum Collection 10 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
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Cats 59 Filter by term Exclude term
Art 19 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 10 Filter by term Exclude term
U.S. Stamps 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Charles Lang Freer collection 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Children 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Japanese Art 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Men 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Architecture 5 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Usage conditions apply 57 Filter by term Exclude term
Not determined 46 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 10 Filter by term Exclude term

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Remove Topic: Animals

Woman and Cats

Cat from a Ball Toss Game

Elegance

Tabby Cat

The Cat

Cat with lantern

Untitled (Cat)

Cat

Interior with Cat

(Untitled--Cat)

Girl with Cat

Honorable Mr. Cat

Cat, rock, and peonies

Cat & I

Child and Cat

Head of a Cat

Cats

Untitled (Cat)

Cats and flowers

Cat and butterfly

Figure of a cat, probably Kyoto ware

Still Life with Cat

The Puppy-cat and the Baby

Young Cat Sleeping

32c Bright Eyes: Cat strip single

22c Siamese & Exotic Shorthair Cats single

Mom and Dad

22c Maine Coon & Burmese Cats single

22c American Shorthair & Persian Cats single

Mary Elizabeth Francis, the Artist's Daughter

13c Cat and Dog in Snow single

33c Sr. Seuss' "The Cat in the Hat" single

Cat in bamboo, Hiroshima

Sleeping Coon Cat

32c "Girl in Red Dress with Cat and Dog" single

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