Vasari Codex · Artist Status Report
George Catlin
American · 1796–1872
42
34–51 bandDiscovery profile: limited tracked signals
Descriptive Codex signal report built from ranking, institutional history, representation, auction records, high-quality press, audience attention, and current activity. Generated May 5, 2026.
Overall42
Composite Codex score
Institutional18
Museums/acquisitions may be sparse
Market36
Thin auction dataset expected
Momentum8
Recent activity and interest
Representation12
Gallery and exhibition traction
Codex Rank#5,332Established
Exhibitions00 current · 0 upcoming
Museum Signal469469 acquisitions · 0 exhibitions
Core Median$1.2MPaintings · 1 priced
Sell-through—Top house: Christie's
Interest Signal162162 tracked audience
Signal summary
George Catlin: limited tracked signals. Auction and institutional fields are sparse, so this report emphasizes traction signals rather than market depth.
Observed evidence:
Data gaps: Thin auction dataset (3 tracked lots). No high-quality tracked press in the last 12 months.
Data gaps: Thin auction dataset (3 tracked lots). No high-quality tracked press in the last 12 months.
Representation
- No current primary representation recordedNo active gallery relationship in Codex
Institutional holdings
Art Institute of ChicagoMetropolitan Museum of ArtMuseum of Fine Arts, HoustonSmithsonian American Art MuseumSmithsonian's National Portrait Gallery
Recent exhibition evidence
- No exhibition history recordedConfirm manually before using externally
Market profile
Category-aware market read: Paintings median: $1.2M (1 priced); Editioned prints median: $151K (1 priced); Posters/ephemera median: $7.6K (2 priced). Sell-through: —. Historical record: $1.5M at Sotheby's (Dec 1, 2011).
Education & awards
- No education/prize records in CodexCheck CV and gallery documentation
Press signal
- No recent high-quality tracked pressReport press signal shows tier-3/4 sources with substantive artist coverage
Publications
- No publications trackedNo monographs or catalogs recorded in Codex
Selected works
Top five visible works from each Codex selected-works category, ordered by the same priority used on the artist profile.
Museum Acquisitions
Top 3
Previous Sales
Top 5 of 6
For Sale
Top 1
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