Coo-coo-coo, The Owl, an Aged Chief, George Catlin

Coo-coo-coo, The Owl, an Aged Chief

George Catlin (American) (1796-1872)

Movement: Romanticism
Date: 1836
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 73.7 × 60.9 cm
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, United States
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Smithsonian American Art Museum, CC0

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Portrait Man Old man Chief Native American Figure In profile Seated Body paint Face Hair Earring Jewel Pipe Smoke Blanket Clothing Bare-chested Bare feet Hand Rock Mountain Plain Horizon Sky Cloud Red

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