Four Clackama Indians
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1847
Mediumoil on paper
Dimensions10 5/8 x 9 7/16 inches (27 x 24 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.208
ClassificationsPaintings
Label Text"They were busy gambling at one of their favourite games.... This, like almost all the Indian games, was accompanied with singing; but in this case the singing was peculiarly sweet and wild, possessing a harmony I never heard before or since amongst Indians." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter XIII
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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Paul Kane
after 1848 [narrative covers May 9, 1846 – October 6, 1846]
Paul Kane
after 1848 [narrative covers October 7, 1846 – September 12, 1848]
Paul Kane
after 1848 [narrative covers June 17, 1845 -- July 3, 1846]
