Narcisse E. J. Desmadryl
The Interior of the Hut of a Mandan Chief

The Interior of the Hut of a Mandan Chief

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The Interior of the Hut of a Mandan Chief
CultureFrench
Titles
  • The Interior of the Hut of a Mandan Chief
  • Das Innere der Hutte eines Mandan Hauptlings
  • Interieur de la Cabane d'un Chef Mandan
  • from the portfolio Travels in the Interior of North America
Datec. 1835
PlaceLondon, England
MediumEngraving with aquatint and roulette in colors on wove paper
DimensionsPlate: 16 1/4 × 21 1/8 in. (41.3 × 53.7 cm)
Sheet: 18 1/16 × 23 5/8 in. (45.9 × 60 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by Keith and Claudia Zacharias in memory of Vincent Zacharias at "One Great Night in November, 2000"
Object numberB.2000.20
Not on view

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Department
Bayou Bend
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DescriptionBetween 1832 and 1834, the German Prince Maximillian of Wied and the Swiss artist Karl Bodmer journeyed along the Missouri River recording that area’s natural and ethnographic history. One of the native peoples they lived with and studied was the Mandan tribe, which until that time had been little known. Bodmer’s detailed composition The Interior of the Hut of a Mandan Chief is recognized for both its artistic sensibilities and for being an informative pictorial document of the natives’ culture. Upon the expedition’s return to Europe, Prince Maxmillian’s written account and Bodmer’s watercolor renderings were published in German, as well as French and English editions.
Provenance[Kennedy Galleries, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2000.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, above plate, right: Tab. 19.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below plate, left: Carl Bodmer pinx. ad nat / DAS INNERE DER HUTTE EINES MANDAN HÄUPTLINGS.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below plate, center: Imp. de Bougeard / THE INTERIOR OF THE HUT OF A MANDAN CHIEF.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below plate, right: Desmadryl sculp. / INTERIEUR DE LA CABANE D'UN CHEF MANDAN.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below plate, left bottom edge: Coblenz. bei J. Hölscher.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below plate, center bottom edge: London, published by Ackermann & Co 96 Strand.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below plate, right bottom edge: Paris Arthus Bertrand éditeur

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