Mount St. Helens Erupting
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1847
Mediumoil on paper
Dimensions8 1/16 x 13 3/8 inches (20.5 x 34 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.218
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextIn 1847 the Canadian artist Paul Kane witnessed a sight that few others at that time had seen - the eruption of a volcano, Mount St. Helens. An artist with a documentary bent, Kane has journeyed from his home in Toronto "determined to devote whatever talents and proficiency I possessed to the painting of a series of paintings illustrative of the North American Indians and scenery."
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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