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Auction 111, Lot 718

"[Lot of 10]", Catlin, George

Subject: Native Americans

Period: 1892 (published)

Publication: The Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indian

Color: Printed Color

Size:
7 x 5 inches
17.8 x 12.7 cm
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These are chromolithographs from a 1892 edition of George Catlin's The Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians written during Eight Years Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-39. Catlin was an American artist and traveler who devoted himself to using his art to illustrated the customs of the American Indian. He painted over 600 pictures of Indians and their cultural life from 48 tribes.

Ten colorful prints including views of ceremonies, landscapes, warriors, and chiefs.

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Condition: A+

Estimate: $50 - $70

Sold for: $130

Closed on 6/8/2005

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