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Bingham, George Caleb,
Landscape -- River
Figure group -- Male
Occupation -- Hunter
Architecture -- Boat
Animal -- Bear
Object -- Weapon
Painting
The Trapper's Return, (painting).
Artist:
Bingham, George Caleb, 1811-1879, painter.
Title:
The Trapper's Return, (painting).
Dates:
1851.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
26 1/4 x 36 1/4 in. (66.7 x 92.1 cm).
Inscription:
(Lower right, on side of
canoe
:) G. C. Bingham/1851 signed
Description:
Two figures sit in a
canoe
on river. A bear cub stands at front of
boat
. One man rows the
canoe
with an oar; the other man holds a gun.
Subject:
Landscape
--
River
Figure group
--
Male
Occupation
--
Hunter
--
Trapper
Architecture
--
Boat
--
Canoe
Animal
--
Bear
Object
--
Weapon
--
Gun
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202 Accession Number: 50.138
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Reed, H., 1851.
Herrick, John J., Tarrytown, New York
Herrick, George T., Tarrytown, New York
Ingham, John B., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Old Print Shop, New York, New York 1950.
Gift of Ferry, Dexter M., Jr., 1950.
References:
"American paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts; volume 1: Works by artists born by 1816," New York : Hudson Hills Press, 1991, no. 11.
Bloch, E. Maurice, "The paintings of George Caleb Bingham: a catalogue raisonne," Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1986, no. 253.
"Paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts; a checklist of the paintings acquired before June 1965," Detroit: Detroit Institute of Arts, 1965.
Curry, Larry, "The American West; painters from Catlin to Russell," Los Angeles, Ca.: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1972.
Illustration:
Image on file.
"American paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts; volume 1: Works by artists born by 1816," New York : Hudson Hills Press, 1991, pg. 39.
Bloch, E. Maurice, "The paintings of George Caleb Bingham: a catalogue raisonne," Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1986, pg. 89.
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 24150068
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Inventory of American Paintings
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