No-wáy-ke-súg-gah, He Who Strikes Two at Once, a Brave

George Catlin, No-wáy-ke-súg-gah, He Who Strikes Two at Once, a Brave, 1832, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.119
Copied George Catlin, No-wáy-ke-súg-gah, He Who Strikes Two at Once, a Brave, 1832, oil on canvas, 29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 60.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.119
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Artwork Details

Title
No-wáy-ke-súg-gah, He Who Strikes Two at Once, a Brave
Artist
Date
1832
Location
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
  • Portrait male — He Who Strikes Two At Once — full length
  • Indian — Oto
  • Dress — Indian dress
  • Recreation — leisure — smoking
Object Number
1985.66.119
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1985.66.119

Artwork Description

George Catlin described this portrait as a “sketch quite unfinished; beautiful dress, trimmed with a profusion of scalp-locks and eagles' quills; pipe in his hand, and necklace of grisly bears' claws.” The degree of finish in this portrait perhaps represents what Catlin hoped to achieve in the single sitting he normally allowed his Indian subjects. The artist probably painted No-wáy-ke-súg-gah at Fort Leavenworth (in today’s Kansas) in 1832. (Catlin, 1848 Catalogue, Catlin’s Indian Gallery, SAAM online exhibition; Truettner, The Natural Man Observed, 1979)