Encampment, Winnipeg River
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1846
Mediumoil on paper
Dimensions8 1/16 x 13 3/8 inches (20.5 x 34 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.153
ClassificationsPaintings
Label Text"We encamped about a couple miles below the rapids at 5 o'clock - earlier than usual, as our canoes had received some little injury and required repairs.... The evening was very beautiful, and soon after we had pitched our tents and lighted our fires, we were visited by some Saulteaux Indians. As I had plenty of time I sketched the encampment. Our visitors, the clear stream reflecting the brilliant sky so peculiar to North America, the granite rocks backed by the rich foliage of the woods with Indians and voyageurs moving about, made a most pleasing subject." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter IV
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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