Iwa-Toke or "The Serpent"
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1845
Mediumoil on paper
Dimensions12 5/16 x 9 3/4 inches (31.3 x 24.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.189
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextIwa-toke, or The Serpent, lived with her sister in a log house on the shore of Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin. Artist Paul Kane visited the two Menominee sisters and took their likenesses in 1845 as he began journeys to record and document the people and landscapes of North America.
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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