Dying Buffalo, Shot with an Arrow
1832-1833
George Catlin captured a brutal moment on the American frontier with this visceral depiction of a wounded bison. The massive, shaggy beast sits slumped on the prairie, blood dripping from its mouth and the arrow lodged deep in its flank, staring out with a hauntingly human-like eye. Painted during his 1830s travels to document Native American life and the untamed West, Catlin's work serves as a stark, early record of a species that was soon pushed to the brink of extinction.
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