The Buffalo Hunt

Generously provided by Phoenix Art Museum

This is a large, and beautifully ethereal rendition of the standard surround scene that Miller so loved to paint. The soft tones and relatively loose delineation of form suggest a late date, perhaps something like 1870.

Peter H. Hassrick

Object Information
Provenance

Artist: Alfred Jacob Miller
Date: ca. 1870
Catalogue Number: 352C
Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 23 1/2 x 35 1/2 (59.2 x 90.0 cm)
Accession Number: 1974.35
Subjects: Buffalo, Buffalo Hunts, Indians, Trappers

The artist; [?]; [Quinn sale, Baltimore, 1910]; Norman James; Mrs. Norman James; by descent to Janon Fisher III, stepson of above, until 1967; J.W. Middendorf Collection, Little Compton, RI; Mr. and Mrs. Read Mullan, Phoenix, AZ; present owner by gift

The Buffalo Hunt

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