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Caw-kee-ka-keesh-e-ko or "The Constant Sky"
Caw-kee-ka-keesh-e-ko or "The Constant Sky"
Caw-kee-ka-keesh-e-ko or "The Constant Sky"

Caw-kee-ka-keesh-e-ko or "The Constant Sky"

Artist (Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Datec. 1860
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions18 x 29 1/4 inches (45.7 x 74.3 cm)
Frame: 26 1/8 × 37 1/4 × 2 1/2 inches (66.4 × 94.6 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LinePurchase of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 1982
Object number31.78.230
ClassificationsPaintings
Label Text"By way of passing the time, I took my gun and strolled up the river, accompanied by the guide, and fell in with a solitary Sotto woman and child sitting under a tree. She was quite alone, as her husband had gone up the river fishing in the morning . . . . Tempted by the beauty of the scene, and she seeming to be in no wise unwilling, I sketched her likeness and the surrounding landscape with considerable care." Kane, Wanderings . . ., Chapter XXV
ProvenanceTill 1978, Sumpter Priddy, III, Williamsburg, Virgina. unknown. purchased June 4, 1982 through (Sotheby's, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) by the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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