Dog Portage
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1846
Mediumoil on paper
Dimensions8 × 13 1/2 inches (20.3 × 34.3 cm)
Mat: 16 × 22 inches (40.6 × 55.9 cm)
Mat: 16 × 22 inches (40.6 × 55.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.161
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextMuch of Kane's travel was by canoe. Where the river was too rough, the party would have to walk and carry the canoes, thus the spot was called a portage. "The 'Big Dog Portage' derives its name from an Indian tradition that a big dog once slept on the summit and left the impression of his form on the highest point of land." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter III.
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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