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Crow Family Crossing the Missouri
Rudolph Friedrich Kurz (Swiss (active U.S.) 1818–1871)
November, 1951
Medium/Technique
Graphite pencil and pen blue-gray wash on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 25.7 x 35.9 cm (10 1/8 x 14 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number50.3928
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 799 (Visiting foreign artists)
DescriptionIndian leading horse across river and pulling child in boat; squaw following with second horse.
InscriptionsBottom left, red ink: "37"
Bottom right, ink: "Crow family crossing the Missouri./(graphite) 11.51."
Bottom right, ink: "Crow family crossing the Missouri./(graphite) 11.51."
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA December 14, 1950