Ojibwa from Lake Superior
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1845
Mediumoil on paper
Dimensions11 5/8 × 9 1/4 inches (29.5 × 23.5 cm)
Mat: 22 × 16 inches (55.9 × 40.6 cm)
Mat: 22 × 16 inches (55.9 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.186
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextPaul Kane wanted to record the western landscape and the Indian peoples before they changed. In 1845, he traveled around the Great Lakes. Next, from 1846 to 1848, he journeyed from Toronto to the Pacific coast and back. On both trips, he sketched in pencil, watercolors, and oil paints along the way. He made notes for a book he later published. Scholars believe Kane painted this portrait in 1845 at Manitowaning, Ontario, Canada. Indians from around the region had gathered at that village to wait for supplies.
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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