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Nesouaquoit, Bear in the Fork of a Tree, a Fox Chief
Nesouaquoit, Bear in the Fork of a Tree, a Fox Chief
Nesouaquoit, Bear in the Fork of a Tree, a Fox Chief

Nesouaquoit, Bear in the Fork of a Tree, a Fox Chief

Artist (American, 1785 - 1862)
Date1837
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions35 1/2 x 29 5/8 inches (90.2 x 75.3 cm)
Credit LinePurchase of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 1995
Object number31.212.7
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextThis Fox Chief led a delegation to Washington to obtain promised reparations for his tribe’s part in the War of 1812. King painted his portrait and later made this copy for his own collection.
ProvenanceArtist; gifted before 1859 to Redwood Library, Newport, Rhode Island; purchased by The Warner Collection, Gulf States Paper Coporation, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; purchased 1990 through (Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, New York, May 21, 1970, lot 16) by private collector; purchased jointly May 24, 1990 by Michael Frost, Gerald Peters, and Rudy Wunderlich, New York, New York; purchased May 10, 1995 through (J.N. Bartfield Galleries, Michael Frost, New York, New York) by the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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