Falls on the Upper Palouse
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1847
Mediumoil on paper
Dimensions8 3/16 x 13 3/8 inches (20.8 x 34 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.219
ClassificationsPaintings
Label Text“The fall of water is only about fifteen feet. Along the margin of the river high bushes and grasses grow, whose bright green contrasts vividly with the high hills of yellow sand which enclose them.” Kane, Wanderings, Chapter XVII
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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