Our Premier Autumn Auction | Session I | October 21, 2025
Tue, Oct 21, 2025 10:00AM EDT
Live Auction
Lot 120
George Catlin
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
Sold for
$15,000
Sold Price excludes BP
Bid Increments
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| $0 | $25 |
| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
(American, 1796-1872)
Wi-jun-jon The Pigeons Egghead, on His Way To Washington 1852, pencil on paper, apparently page 214 in a sketchbook, 14 x 10-1./2 in.; accompanied by the corresponding page of handwritten text by the artist, pen and ink on paper, sight 11-1/2 x 8 in.; fine matching gilt wood frames, 20 x 16-1/2 in.
Provenance: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY (label verso); An Important Atlanta Private Collection
Note: Text reads: "214/Assinneboin/ wi-ju-jon (the Pigeons Egghead) a celebrated young man, and son of the chief of the tribe, on his way to Washington, where he and the chiefs of several other of the remotest tribes had been invited by the President of the U. States, and where they were being conducted by Maj-Sanford, the Gov't Indian Agent for those Tribes. This portrait was painted in Saint Louis, when the party were en route for Washington, and all in their beautiful and graceful, native costumes."
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Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY (label verso); An Important Atlanta Private Collection
not examined out of sealed frames, surfaces of both pages appear in very good condition, the merest hint of toning at edges of the first, as well as a very pale area of light staining； both frames with minor abrasions
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