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Ba-Da-Ah-Chon-Du (He Who Outjumps All); a Crow Chief on Horseback, (painting). Artist:  Catlin, George, 1796-1872, painter. Title:  Ba-Da-Ah-Chon-Du (He Who Outjumps All); a Crow Chief on Horseback, (painting). Dates:  ca. 1865-1870. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  21 3/8 x 26 3/4 in. (54.3 x 67.9 cm.). Inscription:  (Lower right:) G. Catlin signed Subject:  Ethnic -- Indian -- Crow Occupation -- Other -- Chief Equestrian Western Animal -- Horse Object -- Weapon -- Spear Portrait male -- Ba-Da-Ah-Chon-Du Object Type:  Replica Painting Owner:  Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2800 Grove Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23221 Accession Number: 85.609 Provenance:  Gift of Mellon, Paul, Mr. & Mrs., Upperville, Virginia 1985. Remarks:  Label on back of stretcher states: AMNH 179 Catlin 20/CROW/BA-DA-AH-CHON-DU (He Who Outjumps All); a Crow/Chief, on horseback, showing his rich costume/and the trappings of his horse, and his six/scalps, attached to his bridle reins; his natural/hair, eight feet and two inches in length, floating/in the air, and his headdress and that of his horse/of war eagle's quills. 1832. A note in the Rasmussen article from Antiques Magazine states that the original version of this painting, executed ca. 1832, is now lost. References:  Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1989. Rasmussen, William M. S., "American Art to 1900," Antiques 138 (Aug. 1990): pg. 282, 285. Illustration:  Rasmussen, William M. S., "American Art to 1900," Antiques 138 (Aug. 1990): pg. 285. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 55740172   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 55740172 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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