Bison-Dance of the Mandan Indians

1842

Alex Manceau

Artist, Swiss, 1817 - 1865

Chardon ainé et Aze

Printer

Jacob Hölscher

Publisher, German, active 19th century

Ackermann & Co.

Publisher, est. 1795

Arthus Bertrand

Publisher, French, active 19th century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored etching, aquatint, and mezzotint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Mary E. Maxwell Fund)

  • Dimensions

    image: 30.48 × 43.97 cm (12 × 17 5/16 in.)
    plate: 41.28 × 54.13 cm (16 1/4 × 21 5/16 in.)
    sheet (trimmed at top): 41.75 × 58.9 cm (16 7/16 × 23 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.974

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Ruud et al. 2004, no. 18, ii/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(The Old Print Shop, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1960; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1963

  • Progress of An American Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1963

1981

  • The Artist as Illustrator, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981, no. 5

Bibliography

2004

  • Ruud, Brandon K., ed. Karl Bodmer's North American Prints. Omaha, Nebraska: Joslyn Art Museum, 2004, pp. 134-138, no. 18, ii/iv.

Inscriptions

text in plate:
Tab. 18 / K. Bodmer pinx. ad nat / Imp. de Chardon ainé et Aze / Alex. Manceau sculp. / Bisontanz der Mandan Indianer / vor der Medezin hütte / in Mih-Tutta-Hangkusch / Bison-Dance of the Mandan Indians / in front of their Medecine Lodge. / in Mih-Tutta-Hankush / Danse du Bison des Indiens Mandans / devant la Loge de Medecine / a Mih-Toutta-Hangkouche. / Coblenz bei J. Hölscher / London, published by Ackermann & Co. 90. Strand. / Paris. Arthus Bertrand, éditeur

Markings

blindstamped lower center: C. Bodmer / Direct

Wikidata ID

Q77011378

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