Paul Kane (1810-1871) - Assiniboine Hunting Buffalo

Assiniboine Hunting Buffalo

oil on canvas
45.7 cms x 73.7 cms (18 ins x 29 ins)
On verso titled and dated variously on the gallery labels
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "Canadian, Impressionist & Modern Art" held on Wed, Dec 1, 2021.
Lot 116
Estimate: CAD $2,500,000 - $3,500,000
Realised: CAD $3,241,250

Lot description - from the online catalogue*

Provenance:
Knoedler & Co., New York

Laing Galleries, Toronto

Acquired from the above by H.R. Milner, Edmonton, 1964

Galerie Walter Klinkhoff Inc., Montreal

Sold sale of Canadian Art, Joyner Fine Art, May 15, 1990, lot 43, reproduced front cover

Masters Gallery Ltd., Calgary

Private Collection, 2013

Exhibitions:
Edmonton Art Gallery, The H.R. Milner Collection: An Exhibition Organized by the Edmonton Art Gallery, 1978, exhibited as Assiniboine Running Buffalo, catalogue #34
Notes:
Literature continued:

Kenneth R. Lister, Paul Kane, the Artist: Wilderness to Studio, 2010, a version of this work in the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum reproduced page 249

Arlene Gehmacher, Paul Kane: Life & Work, Art Canada Institute, 2014, versions of this work in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada and the Royal Ontario Museum reproduced page 42 and listed pages 48 and 50

For full cataloguing, essay and images in PDF format, please click here.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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Assiniboine Hunting Buffalo by artist Paul Kane