Ma-cheek-e-wis

Artist Paul Kane (Canadian, 1810 - 1871)

Date1845

Mediumoil on paper

Dimensions10 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches (25.7 x 24.1 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number31.78.203

ClassificationsPaintings

Label Text"There I found a large band of Indians to the number of 2600, who had come from all quarters to receive their pay of $25,000 for land ceded to the United States; these Indians were also Ojibbeways and Ottawas. On arriving among them, I at once pitched my tent in their midst and commenced to sketch then most remarkable personages." 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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