Chinook Woman from Astoria
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Datec.1847
Mediumwatercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions7 1/8 x 5 inches (18.1 x 12.7 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.21
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextKane's Portrait Log identifies this sketch as "a Chinook woman from Astoria." Since there is no evidence that Kane traveled to Astoria, this portrait might have been painted at one of the times he was at Fort Vancouver.
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
On View
Not on view
