George Catlin
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Selected Works10

Museum Acquisitions

Art Institute of Chicago
Wi-Jun-Jon - The Pigeon's Egg Head Going to Washington: Returning to his Home
Wi-Jun-Jon - The Pigeon's Egg Head Going to Washington: Returning to his Home, 1837
Acquired 2023
Hand-colored lithograph in black and brown, with opaque white watercolor and selective glazing, on ivory wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago
North American Indians
North American Indians, 1844
Acquired 2023
Hand-colored lithograph in black and brown, with opaque white watercolor, on ivory wove paper
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Flamingo Shooting in South America
Flamingo Shooting in South America, 1856
Acquired 1991
Gouache and watercolor on paperboard

Previous Sales

Christie's
CHATTO & WINDUS, 1875
CHATTO & WINDUS, 1875, 1875
$151,200
May 2022
Christie's
Buffalo Chase, A Surround by the Hidatsa
Buffalo Chase, A Surround by the Hidatsa, 1832
$1,197,000
May 2022
Sotheby's
Interior Of a Mandan Lodge
Interior Of a Mandan Lodge
$1,538,500
Dec 2011
Sotheby's
Buffalo Chase, a Surround By The Hidatsa
Buffalo Chase, a Surround By The Hidatsa
$1,112,500
Dec 2011
Bonhams
CATLIN, GEORGE. 1796-1872.
CATLIN, GEORGE. 1796-1872., 1846
$37,812
Bonhams
CATLIN, GEORGE. 1796-1872.
CATLIN, GEORGE. 1796-1872.
$1,275

For Sale

American Fine Art Inc. · Artsy
Wash-Ka-Mon-Ya
Wash-Ka-Mon-Ya, 1940
US$12,500
Lithograph
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Current Exhibitions0

No current exhibitions found.

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Restored Victorian greenhouse links Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery to its living neighbours
Brooklyn’s historic Green-Wood Cemetery has unveiled the 'Green-House,' a $34m welcome and education center centered around a meticulously restored 18…
newsApr 17, 2026
'We can imagine alternatives to the present': Cannupa Hanska Luger on his exhibition at the Joslyn Art Museum
Cannupa Hanska Luger's exhibition 'Dripping Earth' at the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska, runs until March 8, 2026. The show explores Indigenous…
exhibitionsDec 19, 2025
Kent Monkman's Miss Chief
Kent Monkman's exhibition "History is Painted by the Victors" is on view at the Denver Art Museum (DAM) through August 17, before traveling to the Mon…
exhibitionsMay 19, 2025
Rejected by Museums Around the World, This New Art Exhibition Explores the Historical Roots of the Term 'Homosexual'
An ambitious new exhibition titled “The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Identity, 1869-1939” has opened at Chicago’s Wrightwood 659 gallery, fea…
exhibitionsMay 15, 2025
the first homosexuals queer art show 2637891
An exhibition titled "The First Homosexuals" has opened at Wrightwood 659 in Chicago, curated by queer art historian Jonathan David Katz and associate…
exhibitionsMay 3, 2025
‘The First Homosexuals’ showcases 300 queer artworks amid ‘rise of homophobic politics’
A major new exhibition, “The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Identity, 1869–1939,” has opened at Chicago’s Wrightwood 659, featuring over 300 qu…
exhibitionsMay 1, 2025
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Restored Victorian greenhouse links Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery to its living neighbours
Apr 17, 2026
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'We can imagine alternatives to the present': Cannupa Hanska Luger on his exhibition at the Joslyn Art Museum
Dec 19, 2025
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George Catlin dies
Jan 1, 1872
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George Catlin born
Jan 1, 1796