Buffalo Dance

Copied Allan Houser, Buffalo Dance, 1983, Indiana limestone, 13 3⁄4 x 60 x 14 in. (35.9 x 52.4 x 35.5 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, Frank E. Everett, and the Alice Henderson (Rossin) Colquitt Fund in honor of William Penhallow Henderson, 1995.11, © 1983, Allan Houser

Artwork Details

Title
Buffalo Dance
Artist
Date
1983
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
13 3⁄4 x 60 x 14 in. (35.9 x 52.4 x 35.5 cm.)
Markings
proper right side in stone: TOP (underlined and written at an angle)/(arrow pointing toward TOP) proper right side in stone: ALLAN HOUSER/c (copyright symbol) 83
Copyright
© 1983, Allan Houser
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, Frank E. Everett, and the Alice Henderson (Rossin) Colquitt Fund in honor of William Penhallow Henderson
Mediums
Mediums Description
Indiana limestone
Classifications
Keywords
  • Group
  • Figure group
  • Figure — head
  • Indian
  • Figure — full length
  • Dress — Indian dress
  • Ceremony — dance — Buffalo Dance
Object Number
1995.11
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1995.11

Exhibitions

Media - 1985.66.404 - SAAM-1985.66.404_1 - 9039
Picturing the American Buffalo: George Catlin and Modern Native American Artists
October 11, 2019–November 22, 2020
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Picturing the American Buffalo: George Catlin and Modern Native American Artists examines representations of buffalo and their integration into the lives of Native Americans on the Great Plains in the 1830s and in the twentieth century.