Wolf's Head

Artist Paul Kane (Canadian, 1810 - 1871)

Date1846

Mediumoil on paper

Dimensions6 1/2 x 8 3/16 inches (16.5 x 20.8 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number31.78.149

ClassificationsPaintings

Label Text"We were aroused in the night by our hunter, who told us that the horses were stolen . . . . After a run of about a mile, we came up with the horses pursued by a band of wolves; the billets of wood attached to their lassoes having retarded their further escape; the wolves were loth to leave their expected prey, but after a shot or two they took, to flight." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter IX

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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