Mandan Woman

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Mandan Woman

Date

April 4, 1834

Dimensions

12 9/16 × 10 in. (31.9 × 25.4 cm)

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.276

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

On April 4, 1834, Bodmer made a drawing of the Arikara wife of the smith at Fort Clark. This could be that woman, but the only identifying information associated with the sketch is a penciled notation in German on the reverse: "Mandan Woman." Another note in similar handwriting refers to Bodmer as "honore chevalier." Both inscriptions were thus presumably made after 1876, when Bodmer became a Knight of the Legion of Honor, long after Maximilian's death. The painted robe is a common Plains style. In Plate 192, a Teton Sioux woman is depicted wearing a similar robe.

Labels:

portrait , Fort Clark, North Dakota

Approximate Depicted Location:

Fort Clark, North Dakota