Bison at Bay

Beatien Yazz, Bison at Bay, n.d., watercolor, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Ford Motor Company, 1966.36.205
Beatien Yazz, Bison at Bay, n.d., watercolor, 8 3413 14 in. (22.233.7 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Ford Motor Company, 1966.36.205

Artwork Details

Title
Bison at Bay
Artist
Date
n.d.
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
8 3413 14 in. (22.233.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Ford Motor Company
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor
Classifications
Subjects
  • Animal — buffalo
  • Occupation — hunter
  • Indian
  • Animal — horse
  • Western
  • Figure group — male
Object Number
1966.36.205

Works by this artist (162 items)

Chiura Obata, El Capitán, 1931, color woodcut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Obata Family, 2000.76.24, © 1989, Lillian Yuri Kodani
El Capitán
Date1931
color woodcut on paper
Not on view
Chiura Obata, Untitled (Magnolia in a Blue Round Vase), ca.1930s, ink on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Estate of Chiura Obata, 2020.74
Untitled (Magnolia in a Blue Round Vase)
Dateca.1930s
ink on paper
Not on view
Chiura Obata, Landslide, 1941, watercolor on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Estate of Chiura Obata, 2020.72.2
Landslide
Date1941
watercolor on paper
Not on view
Chiura Obata, Topaz, ca. 1942, pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Estate of Chiura Obata, 2020.72.5
Topaz
Dateca. 1942
pencil on paper
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 1985.66.404 - SAAM-1985.66.404_1 - 9039
Picturing the American Buffalo: George Catlin and Modern Native American Artists
October 11, 2019March 13, 2020
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.

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Claire Falkenstein, Untitled, 1976, embossed paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of The Falkenstein Foundation, 2019.27.18, ©1997, The Falkenstein Foundation
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Date1977
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Nathan Oliveira, Site with Blue and White, 1978, monotype, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Moses Lasky, 2004.32.14
Site with Blue and White
Date1978
monotype
Not on view