Now-on-dhu-go, an Ottawa Chief from Lake Michigan
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1845
Mediumoil on paper
Dimensions11 7/8 x 9 9/16 inches (30.2 x 24.3 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.190
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextIn the Toronto exhibition, Kane identified this Indian as an Ottowa. Since both Ottowa and Ojibbeway were on the island, this Indian could be from either tribe.
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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