Fort Edmonton
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1846
Mediumwatercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions5 1/2 x 9 inches (14 x 22.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.133
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextKane’s paintings of Norway House and Fort Edmonton depict dwellings that are forts. These forts were not military buildings. They were structures for commercial purposes. The trading posts included living spaces for the traders and others. The encircling fences reinforced the fortifications and separated the buildings from their environment. These forts make imposing presences in the land, especially in contrast to the Indian tipis nearby.
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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