Karl Bodmer
‘Abdih-Hiddisch, a Minatarre Chief’
1838
Physical Qualities
Watercolor over graphite with scraping on paper, Sheet: 388 × 280 mm. (15 1/4 × 11 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.7193
Drawing of subject in Tableau 24 from the print series "Travels in North America, 1832-34" (Not in BMA Collection)
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute', Oct. 12-Nov. 21, 1965, p. 64, no. 315.
Joseph S. Czestochowski, The Maryland Institute, Decker Gallery, Baltimore, Apr. 6 - 27, 1976.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Master Drawings by French Artists in the Museum's Collection', May 9-July 23, 1989.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "A Continuing Example: Prints and Drawings from the George A. Lucas Collection," 4 February - 9 April, 1995.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Parallels and Precedents: The George A. Lucas Collection in Context," 23 August - 15 October, 1995.
Jay McKean Fisher, William R. Johnston and Cheryl K. Snay, 'The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas,' organized by The Walters Art Museum and The Baltimore Museum of Art, circulated to The Walters Art Museum June 19, 2005 - September 11, 2005, The Birmingham Museum of Art February 9, 2006 - May 4, 2006, Tacoma Art Museum June 9, 2006 - September 7, 2006.
Joseph S. Czestochowski, The Maryland Institute, Decker Gallery, Baltimore, Apr. 6 - 27, 1976.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Master Drawings by French Artists in the Museum's Collection', May 9-July 23, 1989.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "A Continuing Example: Prints and Drawings from the George A. Lucas Collection," 4 February - 9 April, 1995.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Parallels and Precedents: The George A. Lucas Collection in Context," 23 August - 15 October, 1995.
Jay McKean Fisher, William R. Johnston and Cheryl K. Snay, 'The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas,' organized by The Walters Art Museum and The Baltimore Museum of Art, circulated to The Walters Art Museum June 19, 2005 - September 11, 2005, The Birmingham Museum of Art February 9, 2006 - May 4, 2006, Tacoma Art Museum June 9, 2006 - September 7, 2006.
Marvin C. Ross, 'Five American Indian Drawings by Karl Bodmer', The Baltimore Museum of Art News 16:1 (February-March 1953), p. 9, fig. 1, p. 8.
Ruud, Brandon K., ed. Karl Bodmer's North American Prints (Omaha, Nebraska: Joslyn Art Museum; Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004), p. 157.
Fisher, Jay McKean, et al. The Essence of Line: French drawings from Ingres to Degas. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005, p. 116-17, ill.
Inscribed: RECTO: LR, graphite, 'Bodmer fecit'; VERSO: C, blue ink stamp, 'M.I. LUCAS COLLECTION'; TL, graphite, '32'
