Wah-Bannim or "The White Dog"
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1845
Mediumoil on paper
Dimensions12 1/8 x 10 inches (30.8 x 25.4 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.158
ClassificationsPaintings
Label Text"An Indian called Wah-bannim, or, 'the White Dog,' sat to me for his likeness. He was in mourning for his wife, who had died some three months before; the mourning suit consisting of a coat of black paint with which he smeared his face." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter II
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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