Grand Coulee
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1847
Mediumwatercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions5 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (14 x 24.1 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.51
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextPaul Kane wanted to record the landscape and the Indian peoples before they changed. In 1845, he traveled around the Great Lakes. Next, he journeyed from Toronto to the Pacific coast and back. On both trips, he sketched in watercolor and oil paints along the way. He made notes for a book he later published. Kane became determined to see the Grand Coulee. The Grand Coulee was an ancient riverbed in present-day Washington. Kane found only one man who would accompany him. They rode horseback for five days. They suffered from heat and lack of food and water, before they found the site.
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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