Cree Indian
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1848
Mediumoil on paper
Dimensions12 1/4 × 9 3/4 inches (31.1 × 24.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.154
ClassificationsPaintings
Label Text"I spent a very pleasant and interesting month at Fort Pitt.” Kane noted that this location was a principal place to see Cree Indians. He had “ample opportunity of studying their habits and manners. I took an elaborate sketch of a pipe-stem carrier with his medicine pipe-stem." Kane, “Wanderings of an Artist”, Chapter XXIII
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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