Mó-sho-la-túb-bee, He Who Puts Out and Kills, Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, Mó-sho-la-túb-bee, He Who Puts Out and Kills, Chief of the Tribe, 1834, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.294
George Catlin, Mó-sho-la-túb-bee, He Who Puts Out and Kills, Chief of the Tribe, 1834, oil on canvas, 29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 60.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.294
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Artwork Details

Title
Mó-sho-la-túb-bee, He Who Puts Out and Kills, Chief of the Tribe
Artist
Date
1834
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 Puts Out And Kills
  • Indian — Choctaw
Object Number
1985.66.294
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1985.66.294

Artwork Description

George Catlin described this man as a “famous and excellent chief” of the Choctaw, and painted his portrait at Fort Gibson, Arkansas Territory, in 1834. (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 2, no. 49, 1841; reprint 1973)

Works by this artist (4 items)

Donald Judd, Table Object, 1967, aluminum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1971.84.94
Table Object
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Date1967
aluminum
On view
Donald Judd, Table Object, 1967, folded stainless steel, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Woodward Foundation, 1976.108.66
Table Object
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Date1967
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Donald Judd, Untitled, 1981, fabricated 1982, wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James F. Dicke Family, 2014.13.2
Untitled
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Date1981, fabricated 1982
wood
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Donald Judd, Untitled, from the Portfolio The New York Collection for Stockholm, 1973, color lithograph and screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Woodward Foundation, 1976.108.121, © 1973, Donald Judd
Untitled, from the Portfolio The New York Collection for…
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Date1973
color lithograph and screenprint on paper
Not on view

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