Wah-nis-stow or "The White Buffalo"
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1848
Mediumwatercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions5 3/8 x 5 5/16 inches (13.7 x 13.5 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.116
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextOn June 1, 1848 Kane met a large war party of Blackfoot, Blood, Sur-cees, Gros Ventres and Pay-gans. He painted a group portrait of six chiefs from this party including "Wah-nis-stow, 'The White Buffalo,' principal chief of the Sur-cee tribe." This sketch, served as a preparatory drawing for the group portrait.
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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