Stu-mick-o-súcks, Buffalo Bull's Back Fat, Head Chief, Blood Tribe
1832 · Oil on canvas · Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington
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About this work
- Artist
- George Catlin (1796–1872)
- Year
- 1832
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 73.7 × 61 cm
- Collection
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington
- Movement
- Realism
Stu-mick-o-súcks, head chief of the Kainai (Blood) people of the Blackfoot Confederacy, sits holding a pipe, his face painted and his shirt fringed with hair and quillwork. Catlin painted him at Fort Union on the upper Missouri in 1832, on the first of his journeys to paint the peoples of the Plains, and considered it one of his finest portraits. It is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A dignified, richly coloured portrait for a study, library or hallway in a dark wood frame. It suits warm white or deep brown walls.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Realism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1832)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- intimate
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, study or library, living room, dining room, dorm room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.




























