Bi-éets-ee-cure, Very Sweet Man

George Catlin, Bi-éets-ee-cure, Very Sweet Man, 1832, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.169
Copied George Catlin, Bi-éets-ee-cure, Very Sweet Man, 1832, oil on canvas, 29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 60.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.169
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Artwork Details

Title
Bi-éets-ee-cure, Very Sweet Man
Artist
Date
1832
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 60.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Indian — Crow
  • Portrait male — Very Sweet Man
Object Number
1985.66.169
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1985.66.169

Artwork Description

George Catlin painted this image of Very Sweet Man, a member of the Crow/Apsaalooke tribe, at Fort Union in 1832. The figure wears over his temples a pair of hair bows, decorated with beads imported from Venice in the 1830s by white traders on the Upper Missouri. (Truettner, The Natural Man Observed, 1979)