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Photography by Edward C. Robison III

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

No. 39 from the Duke of Portland's Album Unique

ArtistaGeorge Catlin(1796-1872)
Fecha1852
MedioPencil on paper
Dimensiones14 x 10 1/2 in. (35.6 x 26.7 cm)
Inscripción(es)39 / Osage/Mun-ne-pus-kee (he who is not afraid) a very / fine young Warrior, in War Costume, a great favorite / of the chief.
Línea de créditoCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2006.4
ClasificaciónDrawing
Procedenciato 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
En exhibiciónNo
Osage, Mun-Ne-Pus-Ke…14 × 10.5 in.Tennis Ball2.7 in. diameter

This artwork's face covers about 20× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.