Ojibwa Indian Boy from Lake Superior
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1845
Mediumoil on paper
Dimensions6 3/4 x 5 5/8 inches (17.1 x 14.3 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.166
ClassificationsPaintings
Label Text"On the arrival of the presents, the Indian, Male and female, accompanied by their children, immediately seated themselves in row on the grass, each chief heading his own little band, and giving in their numbers and names to Sigennok." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter I
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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