The Wife of Til-au-kite (Tiloukaikt)
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1847
Mediumwatercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions7 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches (18.4 x 13.3 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.28
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextKane kept a list of many of the portraits which he painted on his journey and that Portrait Log identifies this figure as the wife of Til-au-kite.
ProvenanceArtist; by descent to his grandson, Paul Kane III [1889-1958], Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; purchased September 17, 1957 through (Edward Eberstadt & Sons, New York, New York) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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