Study of Back of Girl

Artist Paul Kane (Canadian, 1810 - 1871)

Datec. 1841

Mediumoil on canvas

Dimensions24 1/4 x 19 inches (61.6 x 48.3 cm)
Frame: 29 3/8 × 24 3/8 × 1 3/4 inches (74.6 × 61.9 × 4.4 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number31.78.225

ClassificationsPaintings

Label TextIn Europe Kane studied and copied Old Master paintings in preparation for a career as a portrait painter. This study could have been done as an exercise for a type of portrait in which the back of the subject is seen reflected in a mirror in the painting.

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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