Western Art and Design from Bar Cross Ranch, Wyoming

Western Art and Design from Bar Cross Ranch, Wyoming

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Western Art and Design from Bar Cross Ranch, Wyoming

George Catlin

Wah-ro-née-sah, The Surrounder, Chief of the Tribe

Auction Closed

January 19, 05:21 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Western Art and Design from Bar Cross Ranch, Wyoming

George Catlin

1796 - 1872

Wah-ro-née-sah, The Surrounder, Chief of the Tribe


inscribed Chief of the Ottoes (lower right); numbered 117 (upper right)

watercolor, gouache, and pencil on paper

9 ⅝ by 6 ⅜ in.

24.4 by 16.2 cm.

Executed circa 1832.

Captain William Henry Shippard, England (acquired directly from the artist circa 1840s)

Private Collection (acquired from the above by descent)

Forum Auctions, London, 28 March 2019, lot 335

Acquired from the above by the present owner

George Catlin, A Descriptive Catalogue of Catlin's Indian Gallery, London 1840, no. 117, p. 16