Osage, Mun-Ne-Pus-Kee (He Who Is Not Afraid)

Artist George Catlin (1796 - 1872)

Date1852

MediumPencil on paper

Dimensionssheet size: 14 x 10 1/2 in. (35.6 x 26.7 cm)
Framed: 22 1/8 x 18 9/16 x 1 1/8 in. (56.2 x 47.1 x 2.9 cm)

ClassificationsDrawing

Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2006.4

Accession number 2006.4

DescriptionNo. 39 from the Duke of Portland's "Album Unique"

On View

On view

Provenanceto John Cavendish-Bentinck-Scott, sixth Duke of Portland, England (part of a larger album of 215 portraits); by descent in the family until 1953; (Christie's, London, England), March 23, 1953; to Charles Traylen, Guildord, England, 1953; (Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY); (William Reese Company, New Haven, CT); purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2006
Inscribed39 / Osage/Mun-ne-pus-kee (he who is not afraid) a very / fine young Warrior, in War Costume, a great favorite / of the chief.