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Join SAAM’s research fellows for this lunchtime series of gallery talks as they share new discoveries about artworks on view. Learn the stories behind these objects and how each one tells us about America’s ever-changing culture. Manon Gaudet, Terra Foundation Predoctoral Fellow in American Art, discusses George Catlin’s Wi-jún-jon, Pigeon’s Egg Head (The Light) Going To and Returning From Washington (1837–1839).
Free | In-person
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Meet in G Street Lobby
Photo: George Catlin,Wi-jún-jon, Pigeon’s Egg Head (The Light) Going To and Returning From Washington, 1837–1839, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
