BA-DA-AH-CHON-DU (He Who Outjumps All); A Crow Chief on Horseback Showing His Rich Costume and the Trappings of His Horse (Primary Title)

George Catlin, American, 1796 - 1872 (Artist)

ca. 1865–70
American
oil on canvas
Unframed: 21 3/8 × 26 3/4 in. (54.29 × 67.95 cm)
Framed: 26 1/4 × 31 3/4 in. (66.68 × 80.65 cm)
85.609
Not on view
signed lower right: G. Catlin
Paul Mellon Collection
2018 - 2020: On loan to Chrysler Museum of Art, permanent galleries, April 3, 2018 - March 31, 2020

2010 "Hoofbeats and Heartbeats: the Horse in American Art", the Art Museum at The University of Kentucky, August 22 - November 21, 2010,

2007-2008 "The Mythology of the West in American Art, 1830-1940", Musee Des Beaux Arts de Rouen, September 28, 2007 - January 7, 2008; Musee Des Beaux Arts de Rennes, February 16 - May 13, 2008; Centre de la Vielle Charite, Marseille, June 6 - August 31, 2008 (a FRAME exhibition.)

1993 - 1994 "George Catlin's 'Indian Gallery' Views of the American West", VMFA, October 7, 1993 - January 30, 1994.

1876 possibly the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia (see file).

1872 Smithsonian Institution Castle Building

1871 Somerville Gallery, NY, October.

1870 Brussels, Belgium, exhibited by the artist, location unknown.
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