Sotheby's American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture - New York, 1 December 2011

Sotheby’s New York auction of American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture on 1 December 2011 will feature a strong selection works across the diverse genres that the category encompasses, with many of the highlights on offer from distinguished institutions and celebrated collections. The sale will be on exhibition in Sotheby’s York Avenue galleries beginning 26 November.

Following Sotheby’s 2004 sale of a group of 31 George Catlin paintings, on offer from The Field Museum in Chicago and originally in the collection of Benjamin O’Fallon, the December 2011 sale will be led by four additional works from the collection that represent the finest from the original group: One Horn, Head Chief of the Miniconjou Tribe, Teton Dakota (Western Sioux) is one of the first portraits that Catlin made in the field (est. $1/1.5 million), while Black Hawk, Prominent Sauk Chief, Sauk and Fox depicts the man who gave his name to a brief but bloody war in the summer of 1832 (est. $1/1.5 million). Interior of a Mandan Lodge is one of six surviving pictures from the Collection that depict Mandan sitters (est. $800,000/1.2 million), and Buffalo Chase, a Surround by the Hidatsa is a dramatic and chaotic hunting scene that is among the most dynamic of Catlin’s canvases (est. $800,000/1.2 million).

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