Buffalo Dance (No. 2)

George Biddle

1937

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In this round print in black ink on paper, several figures harvest tobacco leaves in a tobacco field. In the center of the print is a large barn with open doors that a horse-drawn wagon is entering. Beyond the fence in the background are additional fields and barns. At the bottom of the print is a still life that includes the flowers of the tobacco plant, hoes, a cigar, and a mature tobacco leaf.
This black and white photograph shows the hardwood dance floor of a nightclub from above. In the foreground of the image is a clear dance floor, and in the middle ground a woman dances. She is draped with a white shawl that billows around her arms, and both of her legs are bent as she steps to her proper right. To the right of her, four people sit at a table watching. Behind her a band plays from a bandstand located beneath a partially visible balcony.
Buffalo Dance, George Catlin, lithograph
"Somewhere Down In His Enormous Body Rumbled A 'Howdy!", Will Crawford, pen and ink on paper