Studies of Scalp Dance
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1847
Mediumwatercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions5 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (14 x 24.1 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.63
ClassificationsPaintings
Label Text"The remainder of the tribe stood round in a circle, beating drums and all singing. Having witnessed the performance for about four or five hours, seeing no variation in it, nor any likelihood of its termintation, I returned, deeply impressed with the sincerity of a grief which could endure such violent monotony for so long a period." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter XX
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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