Kwa-qua-dah-bon-nwa-skung or "Dawn of Day"

Artist Paul Kane (Canadian, 1810 - 1871)

Date1845

Mediumoil on paper

Dimensions12 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches (31.1 x 24.8 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number31.78.172

ClassificationsPaintings

Label TextIn the manuscript for the unpublished Pictorial Sketches Paul Kane wrote that in addition to the portrait of the head chief at Saugeen he sketched "3 or 4 subordinate ones, and others of the tribe."

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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