Metis Chasing the Main Buffalo Herd
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1846
Mediumoil and pencil on paper
Dimensions8 5/8 x 13 7/8 inches (21.9 x 35.2 cm)
Frame: 16 1/2 × 22 1/2 × 1 3/8 inches (41.9 × 57.2 × 3.5 cm)
Frame: 16 1/2 × 22 1/2 × 1 3/8 inches (41.9 × 57.2 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.160
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextIn 1846 Kane joined a band of Métis (or half-breeds) south of the Red River Settlement for a buffalo hunt. Kane not only witnessed but also participated in one of the last major hunts on the Winnipeg prairies. In this unfinished sketch Kane attempts a panoramic view of the hunt.
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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